海報兒童 (典型代表)

典型代表其原文字面意思為海報兒童（有時是海報男孩或海報女孩）。該詞的原始含意專指那些因某目標或組織為籌募資金或招募志工，而被刊登於海報或其他媒體上的病童或畸形兒童。此類活動可能是年度工作或活動的一部分，餅並且可能包括特定兒童的姓名、年齡及其他可供辨認的個人特徵。 ^[1]

在現代，「海報兒童」已經延伸出典型代表的意思。指某人(不限年齡)因行為或特質成為某項目標、運動、環境或理想的具現化象徵或是典型人物。也就是說，此人已成為相關理想的同義詞，或是象徵某一事物的的正方與反方。

案例

在早期愛滋病出現時，鮑比·坎貝爾自稱為 "愛滋病的代表人物"。^[2]
威利·霍頓在 1988 年美國總統競選中成為馬薩諸塞州監獄休假計劃和麥克·杜卡基斯自由主義情感的代言人。^[3]^[4]
艾米麗·蘇珊·拉普是懷俄明州出生缺陷基金會 (March of Dimes) 的典型代表。她在四歲時因先天性先天缺陷進行腿部截肢。
阿齊茲·謝爾蓋耶被認為是澳大利亞業餘健美亞文化的代言人。他不僅被譽為「美學」，還獲得了大批崇拜者。^[5]
瑞恩·懷特因血友病的輸血治療而感染愛滋病後，因學校及家長對愛滋病理解不足被禁止入學。他因此起訴學校，最終成為了社會接受愛滋病患者的典型代表人物。^[6]

參閱

參考文獻

^ This convention was notably employed by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (see e.g. Obituary of Jolene Kay Worley, who in 1955 became the first National Muscular Dystrophy Poster Child （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
^ Finding Aid to the Bobbi Campbell Diary, 1983-1984, Online Archive of California, Collection Number: MSS 96-33
^ "Willie Horton Revisited; Who Really Played the Race Card First?" Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 6, 2000
^ Joe Domanick, Cruel Justice: Three Strikes and the Politics of Crime in America's Golden State, University of California Press, 2004
^ Olding, Rachel. Sydney's newest sport - beat someone senseless or kill them for the heck of it. The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 2012 [28 July 2012]. （原始內容存檔於2012-07-29）.
^ "To a poster child, dying young", U.S. News and World Report, April 16, 1990

[1] This convention was notably employed by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (see e.g. Obituary of Jolene Kay Worley, who in 1955 became the first National Muscular Dystrophy Poster Child （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

[2] Finding Aid to the Bobbi Campbell Diary, 1983-1984, Online Archive of California, Collection Number: MSS 96-33

[3] "Willie Horton Revisited; Who Really Played the Race Card First?" Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 6, 2000

[4] Joe Domanick, Cruel Justice: Three Strikes and the Politics of Crime in America's Golden State, University of California Press, 2004

[Fans-5] Olding, Rachel. Sydney's newest sport - beat someone senseless or kill them for the heck of it. The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 2012 [28 July 2012]. （原始內容存檔於2012-07-29）.

[6] "To a poster child, dying young", U.S. News and World Report, April 16, 1990

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