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Women with Bite
Women in 21st century vampire literature are either considered Bellas, Sookies or Elenas—and even then, most female characters are not even vampires themselves, but a vampire’s girlfriend. However, readers can look back on a rich history of fanged ladies who…
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Thinning the Horde
When new diseases emerge, the typical reaction is panic, fear, and uncertainty. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a major cognitive framework used by public health institutions to predict people’s likelihood of engaging or not engaging in health behaviors. Zombie narratives such as The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, Train to Busan, and Rec demonstrate the flaws in using Rosenstock’s (1966) Health Belief Model (HBM) as a foundation for public health policy. The HBM, a cognitive theory meant to…
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“PLS Tell ME Fangz!”
Fanfiction creates an optimal space for the exploration of one’s poetics through the person-to-person aspects of the fanfiction community, the tag systems utilized, and the unique application of scheme and deixis by authors, and as such allows for researchers to evaluate fanfiction’s space that allows for self-exploration of one’s poetics. Examining…
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HulFlixBODisPeaMount PrimeMax+
Since the 1940s, three channels have dominated cable production in the United States: ABC, NBC, and CBS. Colloquially known as the “Big Three,” these channels contained the majority of shows that Americans watched and discussed with each other. Other networks, such as DuMont, were not as widespread. The Big Three achieved their popularity through broadcasting a limited number of originally scripted programs that garnered the greatest followings, and this smaller number of shows also meant that audiences were not overwhelmed with too many choices; therefore, fans could more easily connect…
