b) Ubiquity of scale free networks Scale free networks exhibit the unusual property of having a finite probability of possessing nodes with a very large number of connections. Despite this, scale-free networks have been found to arise in a surprisingly wide range of real world systems from interconnection of neurons in the brain to the network of collaborations between Hollywood actors. However...

Latar Belakang: Hegemoni perfilman Hollywood di Indonesia terlihat secara nyata dan dapat diyakini bahwa film sebagai bentuk soft power yang rentan dengan berbagai kepentingan, salah satunya kepentingan politik. Genre super hero merupakan kesuksesan penyebaran politik Amerika ke seluruh belahan dunia, termasuk Indonesia. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membongkar praktik hegemoni pada du...

Much theory and research on emotion are based on the facial expressions of amateurs asked to pose for still photographs. The theory of facial affect programs (FAPs; P. Ekman, 1972) was proposed to account for the resulting expressions, most of which are patterns consisting of distinguishable parts. In the present study, 4 Hollywood films noted for fine acting and realism were examined for the f...

Popular movies present chunk-like events (scenes and subscenes) that promote episodic, serial updating of viewers' representations of the ongoing narrative. Event-indexing theory would suggest that the beginnings of new scenes trigger these updates, which in turn require more cognitive processing. Typically, a new movie event is signaled by an establishing shot, one providing more background in...

Hollywood has a penchant for making sequels which are generally related to the boxoffice performance of the parent. Unfortunately, like a photo-copy that has been copied one too many times the plot, the characters and the general value of the movie begins to fade. As a good rule of thumb, it is usually advisable to avoid any movie, play, or book ending in a numeral. I thus, began my reading of ...