A large red nose, floppy-looking feet and a face covered in white cream makeup are the features that both entertain children at birthday parties and devise the plots of horror movies. Clowns, originally crowd-pleasing entertainers, have increasingly incited panic in people who catch a glimpse of a rubber clown mask. Emerging from forests and chasing college students … Continue reading Negative clown portrayals in the media shift public perception from amusing to fear inducing