Police Reform and Celebrity Culture: The Criminal Justice Activism of Naomi Osaka (video presentation)

Mathieu Deflem
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Video of a talk, “Police Reform and Celebrity Culture: The Criminal Justice Activism of Naomi Osaka,” presented at the Annual Conference of the Asian Criminological Society, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, June 18-21, 2021 (online).





Related publications:  

The Criminal Justice Activism of Naomi Osaka: A Case Study in the Criminology of Celebrity Culture. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2023.

Celebrity Activism on Racial Justice during COVID-19: The Death of George Floyd, the Rise of Naomi Osaka, and the Celebritization of Race in Pandemic Times. International Review of Sociology, 2022.

See also:  

Becoming a Mental Health Activist: The Learning of Naomi Osaka (co-authored with Megan Routh). Journal for Cultural Research, 2025. 


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