This is actually from 2022, but I missed it back in the day. This is quite important research imo, and very relevant lately. Link to the paper itself: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563222001637

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    Well, it's inaccurate. Fiction does not require unrealistic elements. There's just scads of fiction out there—across multiple genres—that's set in a real time and place, and doesn't involve anything fantastical.

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