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Popular? In 2007…
• Romance novels $1.4 billion• Westerns • Mysteries• Horror • Science Fiction• Manga = $ 380 billion !! in Japan alone
Enthymeme: Latin enthymema, from Greek enthymēma, from enthymeisthai to keep in mind, from en- + thymos mind, soul [1552] The premise is implicit. “Many of this culture’s most potent enthymemes, e.g. those of advertisers and others who would influence the masses . . .” (Rhetoric and civility: human development, narcissism, and the good audience By Harold Barrett, 1991)
What is ‘popular’ both molds & reflects “the masses” . . . What aspect of videogames’ impact do you want to examine this quarter? Game on…