476 Pages
by
Routledge
476 Pages
by
Routledge
476 Pages
by
Routledge
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As entertainment becomes a trillion-dollar-a-year industry worldwide, as our modern era increasingly lives up to its label of the "entertainment age," and as economists begin to recognize that entertainment has become the driving force of the new world economy, it is safe to say that scholars are beginning to take entertainment seriously. The scholarly spin on entertainment has been... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Preparation and Reception Processes. P. Vorderer, F.F. Steen, E. Chan, Motivation. J. Bryant, J. Davies, Selective Exposure Processes. D.R. Anderson, H.L. Kirkorian, Attention and Television. L.J. Shrum, Perception. R.J. Harris, E.T. Cady, T.Q. Tran, Comprehension and Memory. R.H. Wicks, Media Information Processing. Part II: Reaction Processes. P.M. Valkenburg, J. Peter, Fantasy and Imagination. N. Rhodes, J.C. Hamilton, Attribution and Entertainment: It's Not Who Dunnit, It's Why. A.A. Raney, The Psychology of Disposition-Based Theories of Media Enjoyment. D. Zillmann, Empathy: Affective Reactivity to Others' Emotional Experiences. J. Cohen, Audience Identification With Media Characters. W. Wirth, Involvement. D. Zillmann, Dramaturgy for Emotions From Fictional Narration. S. Knobloch-Westerwick, Mood Management: Theory, Evidence, and Advancements. S. Trepte, Social Identity Theory. M. Schmitt, J. Maes, Equity and Justice. C. Klimmt, T. Hartmann, H. Schramm, Parasocial Interactions and Relationships. J. Cantor, Why Horror Doesn't Die: The Enduring and Paradoxical Effects of Frightening Entertainment. M.B. Oliver, J. Kim, M.S. Sanders, Personality. D. Miron, Emotion and Cognition in Entertainment. Part III: Application of Psychological Theories and Models to Entertainment Theory. M. Zuckerman, Sensation Seeking in Entertainment. M. Schreier, (Subjective) Well-Being. B. Scheele, F. DuBois, Catharsis as a Moral Form of Entertainment. P. Ohler, G. Nieding, An Evolutionary Perspective on Entertainment.
Biography
Jennings Bryant, Peter Vorderer
"Happily, the contributors to 'Psychology of Entertainment', edited by Jennings Bryant and Peter Vorderer, dissect the subject of entertainment in an engaging, multifaceted, and nuanced fashion....this edited volume is consistent with the excellent tradition of the publishing house Erlbaum....The book's introduction promises a lot, and the book delivers a lot."
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