Psychology of Entertainment (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Bryant, Jennings; Vorderer, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 manifested in traditional ways, as well as innovative ones. Representing the current state of theory and research, Psychology of Entertainment promises to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on entertainment. It serves to define the new area of study and provides a theoretical spin for future work in the area.

Divided into three basic parts, this book:
*addresses the fundamental mechanisms and processes involved in orienting to and selecting entertainment fare, as well as receiving and processing it;
*explores the mechanisms and processes by which we are entertained by the media messages we select and receive; and
*provides an opportunity for the application of well-established as well as emerging psychological and psychobiological theories to be applied to the study of entertainment in ways that seldom have been utilized previously.

Psychology of Entertainment will appeal to scholars, researchers, and graduate students in media studies and mass communication, psychology, marketing, and other areas contributing to the entertainment studies area.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135257408
• Artikelnr.: 39954140

Autorenporträt

Jennings Bryant, Peter Vorderer

Inhaltsangabe

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.