We investigated the effects of different types of smiles on the perception of uncooperative or
untrustworthy behaviour. In five studies, participants assigned to one group played an …

Translingual knowledge allows sociolinguists to appreciate more 'playful'negotiation and the
assemblages of linguistic, cultural, and semiotic resources for meaning-making. Yet, this …

Disney's animated villains have recently changed to show less conventionally villainous
traits: They look and express themselves more like sympathetic characters, and they are …

Many narrative films feature villains, major characters that audiences are meant to condemn.
This article investigates the cognitive-affective underpinnings of audience antipathy in order …

Blending popular culture and design theory, framed by a decade of scholarly research, this
book highlights how play and humor fuel innovation. Now, more than ever, we are in need of …

This essay analyzes the Disney+ 2021 series WandaVision through the lens of adaptation
dramaturgy (or adapturgy), asking," Why this witch now?" With a focus on US American …

This exploratory study investigates the extent to which social context influences the
frequency of laughter. In a within-subjects design, dyads of strangers played two simple …

Memes are described as cognitive as well as digital artifacts (Wiggins & Bowers, 2014).
Memes are a mixture of graphic, textual resources, and references to imitate existing …

In this thesis, I analyze the use of milk as a symbol for white supremacy and masculinity in
four different case studies: the protest of Shia Lebouf's He Will Not Divide Us art installation …

What kind of voices do villains possess? How are their voices constructed in contemporary
Korean cinema? What is the relationship between the filmic image of villains and the sound …