doi:10.1145/155360.155373Susan HaackFacts on File,Social Science Electronic PublishingHaack, Susan. 2013. The real, the fictional, and the fake. SpazioFilosofice 8: 209–217.money. Haack, Susan. 2013. "The Real, the Fictional, and the Fake," Spa-...
stories and characters that are part of creative works, like books and movies, whereasfictitiousis most commonly used in the context of things that are made up to conceal something or deceive someone in real life.Fictitiouscan usually be replaced with the wordfake—this is not the case for...
A:"Fictional" tends to refer to something occurring or meant for the fiction genre, like characters, places, items and the like. "Fictitious" tends to mean fake or false, often having a negative connotation (of dishonesty and lying). For example ...
Fictional characters can influence readers in real life, a study has found. ... 19 per cent of those said that the voices of fictional characters stayed with them after they had finished reading, influences the tone of their thoughts and even directly "speaking" to them. Is fiction actually ...
In the same way, try to find photographs that look like ordinary people going about their lives, not models in generic stock-photo poses. It’s better to use an illustration than a photograph that looks fake. That’s why we gave Jeff and Doris names that sound like real people and gave...
with high school students looking to get high. Teens were depicted in partaking in this activity due to peer pressure, while the activity itself was depicted as rather distasteful. This sort-of backfired, as some young viewers thought this was a real means of getting high and sought to try ...
leg with a stiletto knife, there is no real-life damage. And even in the movie, while it might look as if the actor's body is being damaged, we can remind ourselves that this, too, is fake. Not so with damage to the social robot. If a group of teens decide to 'torture' a ...
1. Fiction and Reality Fiction seems relatively easy to define and scholars from various disciplines ranging from philosophy to semiotics and literary critique seem to agree upon what it means. The main aspect of fiction is the idea of inventing or constructing or thinking up a possible world ...
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West Side Storyis all about the Sharks versus the Jets. However, it's Anita (Rita Moreno) who is the coolest character in both the play and the film, because she's not trying to impress anyone with fake machismo and careless bravado. She's tough but kind, and knows the world is not...