Horror Films Face Political Evils in Everyday Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12409129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John S Nelson (a University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 381-386 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584600591006654 |
| OpenAlex | W2138544139 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
Studies of cognition show that Americans get much of their political information from audiovisual media. Therefore, attention to popular films can help us learn how genre conventions communicate politics. The popular genre of horror uses subtexts to help people face political evils in their everyday lives. Many of the evils lately concern the politics of communication, and this is evident in a wide range of horror films, recently including Phone Booth (2003), The Ring (2002), and The Mothman Prophecies (2001)
Aesthetics · Art · Everyday life · Face (sociological concept · Linguistics · Media studies · Phone · Political communication · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |