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. 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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... situation” and attempts to explain why things are done as they are. In this chapter, we try to systematize various answers to the question of why people perceive entertainment to constitute a good—why different people, in a wide range ...
... situation” and attempts to explain why things are done as they are. In this chapter, we try to systematize various answers to the question of why people perceive entertainment to constitute a good—why different people, in a wide range ...
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... situation portrayed in this imaginary scenario to be commonplace, particularly among young people in Western societies who rather frequently find themselves in a broad entertainment context like the one described. Applying a ...
... situation portrayed in this imaginary scenario to be commonplace, particularly among young people in Western societies who rather frequently find themselves in a broad entertainment context like the one described. Applying a ...
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... situations, and even personalities. However, entertainment products are suitable to use nearly anywhere and anytime ... situation will not overwhelm her or give her a sense of being incompetent. With respect to the need for autonomy, it ...
... situations, and even personalities. However, entertainment products are suitable to use nearly anywhere and anytime ... situation will not overwhelm her or give her a sense of being incompetent. With respect to the need for autonomy, it ...
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... situations when they are watching alone. The connection that some viewers feel with hosts, anchormen and -women, or ... situation described above, we understand that she intends to relate to a friend through messaging, presumably about ...
... situations when they are watching alone. The connection that some viewers feel with hosts, anchormen and -women, or ... situation described above, we understand that she intends to relate to a friend through messaging, presumably about ...
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... situation described earlier, does her very modern behavior have an ancient antecedent, and does her appetite for television and her preference for certain programs reflect the operation, in a novel environment, of an ancestral ...
... situation described earlier, does her very modern behavior have an ancient antecedent, and does her appetite for television and her preference for certain programs reflect the operation, in a novel environment, of an ancestral ...
Contents
II Reaction Processes | 103 |
III Application of Psychological Theories and Models to Entertainment Theory | 365 |
Author Index | 435 |
Subject Index | 453 |
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