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A P

How Social Media Silences Debate - NYTimes.com - 5 views

www.nytimes.com/...ial-media-silences-debate.html

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  • A P on 25 Sep 14
     
    the spiral of silence -- extended to the social media age
A P

Who Gets To Be A Superhero? Race And Identity In Comics : Code Switch : NPR - 4 views

www.npr.org/...ro-race-and-identity-in-comics

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  • A P on 04 Nov 14
     
    Also a new book covers this topic:  "X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor."  Interlibrary loan, anyone?   And if you love social media, "Superhero Synergies" might interest you.
  • shepherd_sn on 05 Dec 14
     
    "Personal prejudice: Hispanic and Latino women with blond hair look like hookers to me, no matter how clean or "cute" they are. Somehow those skin tones that look so good with dark, dark hair just don't work for me with lighter shades. Like I said - personal prejudice." This quote really stuck out to me. People like this are a major contributing factor in the lack of diversity not only in superhero films, but the film industry in general.
hannonjacobn

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-psychology-behind-superhero-origin-stori... - 2 views

Social Comparison theory - We compare our lives with the normal life of a superhero. Social Learning Theory - we can learn things about our own lives by watching the way a superhero lives his/her l...

started by hannonjacobn on 04 Nov 14 no follow-up yet
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Chelsey Flynn - 4 views

Try to bookmark this again -- I couldn't get to it.

http:__everydaylife.globalpost.com_effects-superheroes-children-27905.html

started by flynnchelseyr on 04 Nov 14 1 follow-up, last by A P on 04 Nov 14
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molly_loftus

'Green Lantern' and 'Thor' physiques aren't realistic, but there's still reason to shap... - 3 views

articles.latimes.com/...e-fitness-superheroes-20110627

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  • molly_loftus on 10 Nov 14
     
    This is an example of social comparison. The article talks about how we see bodies of superheroes and want to be like them, but that is unrealistic. It examples what the stars of these movies go through to achieve their physiques and how that will never be a reality for normal people.
  • shepherd_sn on 05 Dec 14
     
    I like this article because it speaks to the unrealistic expectation of being like a superhero. It talks about how normal people cannot achieve the physical physique of these actors because they just don't have the resources. This article helps prove that we associate superheroes with muscular physiques, but that it is not achievable for the average person.
maddicarr

Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society - 4 views

www.english.ufl.edu/...fleming.shtml

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  • maddicarr on 03 Nov 14
     
    Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society is a work of popular comic book criticism that explores why comic book superheroes have continued to matter so much to so many of us over the past several decades. This article is a good reference for social learning theories, particularly identification and catharsis theory.
hannonjacobn

Superhero Origins And Their Mythic Meanings: Are They Veiled Secular Parables? - 0 views

www.comicbookmovie.com/...news

This article is an example of social comparison theory. It explains the lives a few superheroes: what they represent in our own and how we can relate to them.

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  • hannonjacobn on 09 Nov 14
     
    Ever since ancient times, humanity has sought to use stories to explain the world in which it lives. Just as ancient man used stories of gods and monsters to explain the world, modern man uses stories of godlike heroes and monstrous villains to do the same.
samheath

Superhero play: Is it cause for concern? - 1 views

www.greatschools.org/...tunity-or-cause-for-concern.gs

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  • samheath on 26 Nov 14
     
    This article explains the more violence portrayed to be "good" is having adverse affects on the behaviour of children.
tessmichaela

Superhero or Supervillain? - 2 views

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/superman/2013/05/superman_if_human_enhancement_gives_us_superpowers_will_we_use_them_for.html

Social Responsibility

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