“Why so serious?”: threat, authoritarianism, and depictions of crime, law, and order in batman films
Drawing on research on authoritarianism, this study analyzes the relationship between levels of threat in society and representations of crime, law, and order in mass media, with a particular emphasis on the superhero genre. Although the superhero genre is viewed as an important site of mediated ima...
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2016
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Criminology, criminal justice, law & society
Year: 2016, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-54 |
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