Jens K.-Christiansen

New TIME article - discusses my research on Trump’s use of the word “evil” to describe domestic political opponents.

The ultimate term of moral condemnation, “evil,” has long been part of U.S. presidential rhetoric—but typically aimed at foreign enemies. My new article shows how Trump breaks with this tradition by increasingly applying the term to domestic political opponents. Link below!

New open-access publication in The Journal of American Culture: “Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling " doi.org/10.1111/jacc.7…

Så er den nye Troldspejlet Special klar! Det handler om skurke, men især om en af mine favoritter, Jokeren. Og hans danske stemme, legendariske Lars Thiesgaard er med - og afslører, at det er terapeutisk, at spille skurk! Håber I ser med! dr.dk/drtv/se/trolds…

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@justintrapp Same problem here. Really hoping this gets fixed soon …

Anyone else having issues with ChatGPT? "It looks like the analysis process ran into a system memory issue." "The file you've uploaded is too large or complex for the current environment to process due to memory limitations."

As of today, I am an assistant professor (tenure-track) at the Department of English, @AarhusUni! Very thankful to be able to to stick around :-)

Check out our recent article on language varieties and morality in Disney. Are foreign accents (still) especially common among villainous characters😈? Plus: Much more about character morality, language variety, gender, and age in recent Disney films. Link below (open access).

Why Trump is popular. “The Voice of the People: Populism and Donald Trump’s Use of Informal Voice | Society” link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Why do people enjoy scaring others for fun? Why do people often laugh after jump scares? Why do children find peek-a-boo so funny? In honour of Halloween, @guardian has covered our recent paper on the cognitive intersections of humor and fear: theguardian.com/science/2024/o…

The @IFLScience magazine CURIOUS did a deep-dive on the question "Can Fear Be Fun?" Our response, when @The_RHF posed the question to us, was a hardly surprising but still resounding YES: curious.iflscience.com/issue-27/full-…

Husk at se vores AI-special - med både frygt, rædsel - og AI-animation..... dr.dk/drtv/episode/t…

Why do horror movie jump scares usually combine sight and sound? New research suggests that a multimodal threat - one consisting of a looming auditory AND a looming visual cue - triggers a stronger defensive response - longer hiding time (in mice, anyway). sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A new study created an index of honor culture across the US. High = deep south, Appalachia, and the mountain west. Low = Great Lakes, northeast, Hawaii. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

In this #JMPSpecialIssue article, Stacie Friend (@EdinburghUni), @angelanyh, Murray Smith and @hethstar81 (@UniKent) propose a framework for interdisciplinary research focusing on how media can influence moral understanding. Read it at econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

We're thrilled to be announcing the Fourth Annual Aarhus Workshop on Recreational Fear, in collaboration with the @YouthandHorror research network 🥳😱 Event page + program: cc.au.dk/en/recreationa… Organizers: @CineFeline, @kte75, @Marc_M_Andersen & @MathiasClasen

We love our volunteer student assistants - many of whom are from the English Department. At a recent graduation ceremony, newly-minted English MA candidates were asked to reflect on their favorite memories from their time at uni. This one hit us right in the ticker 🥰

For the @RecFearLab blog, I have written a short post summarising the main points of our new paper on the cognitive intersections of humor and fear. Check it out 👇