Psychology of EntertainmentJennings Bryant, Peter Vorderer 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. |
Contents
1969 | |
1981 | |
1965 | |
1993 | |
Perception | |
Comprehension and Memory | |
Media Information Processing | |
Reaction Processes | |
Silvia KnoblochWesterwick | |
Social Identity Theory | |
Equity and Justice | |
Parasocial Interactions and Relationships | |
Why Horror Doesnt Die The Enduring and Paradoxical Effects | |
Personality | |
Emotion and Cognition in Entertainment | |
Application of Psychological Theories and Models to Entertainment Theory | |
Fantasy and Imagination | |
Attribution and Entertainment Its Not Who Dunnit Its | |
The Psychology of DispositionBased Theories of Media Enjoyment | |
Empathy Affective Reactivity to Others Emotional Experiences | |
Audience Identification With Media Characters | |
Involvement | |
Dramaturgy for Emotions From Fictional Narration | |
Subjective WellBeing | |
Catharsis as a Moral Form of Entertainment1 | |
An Evolutionary Perspective on Entertainment | |
Author Index | |
Subject Index | |