Hollywood heroes in high tech risk societies: modern fairy tales and emerging technologies
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JCOM - Journal of Science Communication. 2016, 15(2), 1-9Abstract
Science, research and emerging technologies often play a key role in many modern action movies. In this contribution we suggest to use genre analysis of folk narratives as an innovative and useful tool for understanding science and technology in action movies. In this contribution we outline our approach using illustrative examples and detail how understanding action movies as modern fairy tales can benefit the study of science, research and technology in popular culture.