Riesgo y trauma en la ficción televisiva estadounidense post 11-S: el caso de "Heroes"

Abstract

Within the "Risk Communication Research", this article explores risk messages of the TV series Heroes (NBC, 2006-), paradigm of the science fiction television post 11-S. With a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodology, threats and dangers of the first season are analyzed and a characterization of the post-modern archetype of the "traumatized hero" is given. Together with a big apocalyptic danger, this TV series has risks which come from the circle of trust of the protagonists. This article will underline how the main protagonists show heroic attitudes to face these dangers, but it essential struggle is against their own fears and traumas in a context of total distrust towards the society as a whole.