Senior Theses

Publication Date

5-2024

Document Type

Thesis (Open Access)

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Sociology

Department

Sociology and Anthropology

Faculty Advisor(s)

Amy Orr

Subject Categories

Sociology

Abstract

In this study, I dissect the messages symbolically communicated by horror movies through the eyes of their consumers, and thus how they reproduce systemic inequality through the ideals they perpetuate (Berger, P. L., & Luckmann, T., 1966). Through two rounds of interviews, this thesis argues that not only do horror movies have lasting impacts on watcher’s behavior and constructions of social realities, but that the very industry of horror films has lasting effects on the social construction of what is scary, who deserves to be afraid, and what we should consider entertainment.

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