The Oxford handbook of entertainment theory / edited by Peter Vorderer and Christoph Klimmt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vorderer, Peter, editor.

Klimmt, Christoph, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Philosophy.

Mass media.

Amusements--Philosophy.

Amusements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (904 pages).

Other Title:

Entertainment theory

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This handbook provides a strong collection of communication- and psychology-based theories and models on media entertainment, which can be used as a knowledge resource for any academic and applied purpose. Its 41 chapters offer explanations of entertainment that audiences find in any kind of 'old' and 'new' media, from classic novels to VR video games, from fictional stories to mediated sports. As becomes clear in this handbook, the history of entertainment research teaches us not to forget that even if a field is converging to a seemingly dominant perspective, paradigm, and methodology, there are more views, alternative approaches, and different yet equally illuminative ways of thinking about the field.

Contents:

A Brief Analysis of The State of Entertainment Theory: Historical Achievements, Contemporary Challenges, and Future Possibilities / Peter Vorderer, Christoph Klimmt, Jennings Bryant

Selection of Entertainment Media: From Mood Management Theory to the SESAM model / Kate T. Luong, Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

Binge-Watching as Case of Escapistic Entertainment Use / Annabell Halfmann, Leonard Reinecke

Media Entertainment as Guilty Pleasure? The Appraisal of Media Use, Self-Control, and Entertainment (AMUSE) Model / Leonard Reinecke, Adrian Meier

Advances in Research on the Model of Intuitive Morality and Exemplars (MIME) / Allison Eden, Ron Tamborini, Melinda Aley, Henry Goble

Stories Enlarge the Experience of Self: Evidence for the Temporarily Expanded Boundaries of the Self (TEBOTS) Model / Benjamin K. Johnson, Michael D. Slater, Nathaniel A. Silver, David R. Ewoldsen

Stepping in and out of Media Characters: Identification and Dynamic Shifts in Users' Positioning towards Entertainment Messages / Jonathan Cohen, Christoph Klimmt

Involvement with Media Personae and Entertainment Experiences / William J. Brown

Only Project: A Psychological Principle Explored in a Novel / Keith Oatley

The Role of Narrative Cues in Shaping ADT: What Makes Audiences Think that Good Things Happen to Good People? / Ron Tamborini, Matthew Grizzard, Lindsay Hahn, Kevin Kryston, Ezgi Ulusoy

Media Entertainment, Flow Experiences, and the Synchronization of Audiences / Jacob T. Fisher, Chelsea Lonergan, Frederic R. Hopp, René Weber

Entertainment is a Journey, Not Just a Destination. Process Perspectives in Entertainment Theories / Andreas Fahr, Hannah Früh

Transcending Eudaimonic Entertainment: A Review and Expansion of Meaningful Entertainment / Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles, Anne Bartsch, Mary Beth Oliver, Arthur A. Raney

Biographic Resonance Theory of Eudaimonic Media Entertainment / Christoph Klimmt, Diana Rieger

Kama Muta As An Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience / Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles, Thomas Schubert, Johanna K. Blomster

Entertained by Amazement and Wonder: The Role of the Emotion Awe in Media Reception / Daniel Possler, Arthur A. Raney

Humor and Comedy / Jeffrey Goldstein

Portrayals of Human Sexuality as Entertainment / Francesca R. Dillman Carpentier, Farnosh Mazandarani

Cooling Down or Charging Up? Engagement with Aggressive Entertainment Contents as an Emotion Regulation Strategy of Boredom and Anger / Heidi Vandebosch, Karolien Poels

Sports as (Digital) Media Entertainment / Nicky Lewis

News as Entertainment Format: Applying Affective Disposition Theory and the Affective News Extended Model / Melissa J. Robinson, Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

An Extended Dual-Process Model of Entertainment Effects on Political Information Processing and Engagement / Frank M. Schneider, Anne Bartsch, Larissa Leonhard

The Narrative Enjoyment and Appreciation Rationale / Ron Tamborini, Sara M. Grady, Joshua Baldwin, Nikki McClaran, Robert Lewis

Cinematic Entertainment: Contemporary Adolescents' Uses-And-Gratifications of Going to the Movies / Maite Soto-Sanfiel

How Do People Evaluate Movies? Insights from the Associative-Propositional Evaluation Model / Frank M. Schneider, Ines C. Vogel, Uli Gleich, Anne Bartsch

TV Series Fandom as Eudaimonic Consumption / José Antonio Muñiz-Velázquez, Javier Lozano Delmar

A Synergistic Multi-Process Model of Video Game Entertainment / Christoph Klimmt, Daniel Possler

Interactivity as Demand: Implications for Interactive Media Entertainment / Nicholas David Bowman

Players' Moral Decisions in Virtual Worlds: Morality in Video Games / André Melzer, Elisabeth Holl

Player-Avatar Identification, Relationships, and Interaction: Entertainment through Asocial, Parasocial, and Fully Social Processes / Nicholas David Bowman, Jaime Banks

Entertainment in Virtual Reality and Beyond: The Influence of Embodiment, Co-Location, and Cognitive Distancing on Users' Entertainment Experience / Tilo Hartmann, Jesse Fox

Retrospective Imaginative Involvement and Entertainment Narratives: Initial Forays / David R. Ewoldsen, Rick Busselle, Neha Sethi, Michael D. Slater

Media Entertainment as a Self-Regulatory Resource: The Recovery and Resilience in Entertaining Media Use (R²EM) Model / Leonard Reinecke, Diana Rieger

Life-Span Developmental Changes in Media Entertainment Experiences / Marie-Louise Mares, James Alex Bonus

Entertainment Media and Social Consciousness / Meghan S. Sanders, Chun Yang, Anthony Ciaramella, Rachel Italiano, Stephanie L. Whitenack, Hope M. Hickerson

Entertainment Theories and Media Addiction / Felix Reer, Robin Janzik, Lars-Ole Wehden, Thorsten Quandt

Theorizing Entertainment-Education: A Complementary Perspective to the Development of Entertainment Theory / Hua Wang, Arvind Singhal

A Systematic Gender Perspective on Entertainment Theory / Sabine Reich

How Universal is Entertainment, Really? On the Enriching Potential of Cross-Cultural Approaches for Existing Entertainment Scholarship / Özen Odağ

Entertainment and Resonance / Peter Vorderer

Finding Elusive Resonance Across Culture and Time / Gerald C. Cupchik, Despina Stamatopoulou, Siying Duan.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 4, 2021).

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ISBN:

9780190072247

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