The Antihero in American Television
- Submitting institution
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The University of Kent
- Unit of assessment
- 33 - Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Output identifier
- 6770
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 9781138885974
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph is pivotal in developing a new field of study, a cognitive approach to television series, in its exploration of engagement with television antiheroes. It explores the dual-process model of morality, an influential model in psychology whose implications for theories of character engagement had not been explored. Explaining the appeal of the antihero not only necessitated analysis of a significant body of material, i.e., in-depth study of a number of multiple-season TV serials, but also extensive and complex interdisciplinary work going beyond my base in film studies, including but not limited to moral psychology, moral philosophy and television studies.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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