Journal article
Horror Films Face Political Evils in Everyday Life
Political Communication, Vol.22(3), pp.381-386
07/01/2005
DOI: 10.1080/10584600591006654
Abstract
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).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Horror Films Face Political Evils in Everyday Life
- Creators
- John S Nelson - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Political Communication, Vol.22(3), pp.381-386
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/10584600591006654
- ISSN
- 1058-4609
- eISSN
- 1091-7675
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Graduate College Operations Distr; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983983347602771
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