This article talks about the stereotypical hero, villain, or woman in distress. Marvel has made a name on these stereotypes. Recently Marvel has been venturing out to make women superheroes and the black man is not always the villain. Unfortunately, Marvel is not spending much time or money with new ideas or going against the stereotypes that have been built. This articles talks bout assumptions of mass society theory, exposure effect, mainstreaming, and spiral of silence.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/arts/design/14comi.html?_r=0

Chelsey Flynn

this article talks about structural functionalism, plain folks, optimal level theory.

This article reinforces social cognitive theory, social learning experiment, and also disinhibiting theory.