David Pierson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4911368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Pierson |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Pierson |
| SIGNATURE | PIERSON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Maine |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3368-6910 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Resentment and ressentiment as motivating forces in Better Call Saul
This article argues that the philosophical and psychological concepts of resentment and ressentiment serve as compelling motivational forces in the lives and actions of the central characters that comprise the American TV series Better Call Saul (2015–22). For Nietzsche and Scheler, ressentiment involves the internalization of hostile affects that tend to reinforce a sense of powerlessness and feelings of inferiority. Unlike ressentiment, which c…
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
AMC’s TV series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul both feature protagonists who can be seen as victims of institutions that do not appreciate their talents and abilities. Walter White in Breaking Bad, who once won a Nobel Prize in chemistry, is an under-appreciated and underpaid high school chemistry teacher who must work a second job to support his family. Jimmy McGill, a con artist–turned–lawyer who will eventually change his identity to Saul G…
Speculative Finance and Network Temporality in Duncan Jones'sMoonandSource Code
Research Article| March 01 2019 Speculative Finance and Network Temporality in Duncan Jones’s Moon and Source Code David P. Pierson David P. Pierson University of Southern Maine, Portland David P. Pierson is a Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. He has published numerous works on C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, Combat!, Mad Men, Seinfeld, and The Shiel…
Evidential Bodies
This essay argues that CBS-TV’s C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation constructs a multiplicity of gazes for viewers with a particular focus on the forensic and abject gazes.The abject gaze is both repulsive and attractive in its focus on the physiological effects of death on the human body. The abject nature of the corpse is mediated by the investigators’ forensic gaze, which seeks to control crime, death, and abjection. In C.S.I., the forensic gaze…
American Television News
Fifty Key Television Programmes
Hey, They're Just Like Us!” Representations of the Animal World in the Discovery Channel's Nature Programming
A Show about Nothing
Evidential Bodies
This essay argues that CBS-TV’s C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation constructs a multiplicity of gazes for viewers with a particular focus on the forensic and abject gazes.The abject gaze is both repulsive and attractive in its focus on the physiological effects of death on the human body. The abject nature of the corpse is mediated by the investigators’ forensic gaze, which seeks to control crime, death, and abjection. In C.S.I., the forensic gaze…
Hey, They're Just Like Us!” Representations of the Animal World in the Discovery Channel's Nature Programming
A Show about Nothing
Fifty Key Television Programmes
A Show about Nothing
American Television News
Fifty Key Television Programmes
Hey, They're Just Like Us!” Representations of the Animal World in the Discovery Channel's Nature Programming
Evidential Bodies
This essay argues that CBS-TV’s C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation constructs a multiplicity of gazes for viewers with a particular focus on the forensic and abject gazes.The abject gaze is both repulsive and attractive in its focus on the physiological effects of death on the human body. The abject nature of the corpse is mediated by the investigators’ forensic gaze, which seeks to control crime, death, and abjection. In C.S.I., the forensic gaze…
Speculative Finance and Network Temporality in Duncan Jones'sMoonandSource Code
Research Article| March 01 2019 Speculative Finance and Network Temporality in Duncan Jones’s Moon and Source Code David P. Pierson David P. Pierson University of Southern Maine, Portland David P. Pierson is a Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. He has published numerous works on C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, Combat!, Mad Men, Seinfeld, and The Shiel…
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
AMC’s TV series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul both feature protagonists who can be seen as victims of institutions that do not appreciate their talents and abilities. Walter White in Breaking Bad, who once won a Nobel Prize in chemistry, is an under-appreciated and underpaid high school chemistry teacher who must work a second job to support his family. Jimmy McGill, a con artist–turned–lawyer who will eventually change his identity to Saul G…
Resentment and ressentiment as motivating forces in Better Call Saul
This article argues that the philosophical and psychological concepts of resentment and ressentiment serve as compelling motivational forces in the lives and actions of the central characters that comprise the American TV series Better Call Saul (2015–22). For Nietzsche and Scheler, ressentiment involves the internalization of hostile affects that tend to reinforce a sense of powerlessness and feelings of inferiority. Unlike ressentiment, which c…
Sociology (7 works) · Citation (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Library science (5 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works)