Department of Communication

“The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television,” a collection of essays edited by Communication professor Martin F. Norden, was recently published by Rodopi.

As an ever-increasing number of people are turning to the media for their understanding of evil, the collection addresses the changing representation of evil in a broad spectrum of films and television programs. The essays bring to bear a variety of philosophical and critical perspectives on works ranging from the cinema of famed director Alfred Hitchcock and the preternatural horror films “Halloween” and “Friday the 13th” to the understated documentary “Human Remains” and the television coverage of the immediate post-9/11 period.

Norden’s other publications include “Movies: A Language in Light,” “John Barrymore: A Bio-Bibliography” and “The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies.”

The book is available in paperback and textbook editions.