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Los productos de la cultura de masas siempre han generado un amplio debate respecto a las imágenes que producen y a las posibles consecuen-cias que puedan generar en la sociedad, pues, entendiéndolos como agentes socializadores, estos productos culturales pueden contribuir a la generación de una identidad colectiva (Imbert, 2008). Porque la ficción evoca una realidad, una simulación, sí, pero que entra en el debate co-munitario, reflejando las tensiones sociales existentes y las transforma-ciones que puedan estar surgiendo en torno a la comunidad. Por ello, entendiendo el importante papel que representan en la sociedad, este libro parte con el propósito de comprender los símbolos y los discursos que emite la cultura de masas.
The antihero prevails in recent American drama television series. Characters such as mobster kingpin Tony Soprano (The Sopranos), meth cook and gangster-in-the-making Walter White (Breaking Bad) and serial killer Dexter Morgan (Dexter) are not morally good, so how do these television series make us engage in these morally bad main characters? And what does this tell us about our moral psychological make-up, and more specifically, about the moral psychology of fiction? Vaage argues that the fictional status of these series deactivates rational, deliberate moral evaluation, making the spectator rely on moral emotions and intuitions that are relatively easy to manipulate with narrative strategies. Nevertheless, she also argues that these series regularly encourage reactivation of deliberate, moral evaluation. In so doing, these fictional series can teach us something about ourselves as moral beings—what our moral intuitions and emotions are, and how these might differ from deliberate, moral evaluation.
The causes and results of the Dust Bowl and how the lessons learned are still used today. Presented in comic book format.
How do children today learn to understand stories? Why do they respond so enthusiastically to home video games and to a myth like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? And how are such fads related to multinational media mergers and the "new world order"? In assessing these questions, Marsha Kinder provides a brilliant new perspective on modern media.
Uses a rhetorical framework to explore womanhood and feminism in female-created comic strips.
Uses a comic book format to shed light on the complex and emotionally-charged situation of Palestian Arabs, exploring the lives of Israeli soldiers, Palestian refugees, and children in the Occupied Territories.