Zusammenfassung. Der Beitrag unterscheidet Ansätze der Untersuchung der Unterhaltungsrezeption in explorative und theoriegeleitete. Der “Uses and Gratifications“-Ansatz sowie der Eskapismusansatz sind dem explorativen Vorgehen zuzuordnen. Theoriegeleitete ...
Popular music - music for entertainment, Terminological and functional perspective on an omni-present music categoryAbstract. This theoretical article will not attempt to clarify if music is entertaining. There is no doubt that it is. More of interest is ...
Zusammenfassung. Um die Präferenzen bei Unterhaltungsangeboten untersuchen zu können, wurden vier- bis sechsjährigen Vorschulkindern Videocover als Abbildungen zur konkreten Auswahl vorgelegt. Diese Abbildungen wurden in zwei Feldstudien in Kindergärten ...
Abstract. Most communication studies on children and media have focused solely on television. Other popular media products such as narrative audio tapes have been neglected. The present article addresses factors that influence preschoolers’ selective ...
Zusammenfassung. Es werden 2 Experimente vorgestellt, die den kausalen Zusammenhang zwischen dem Unterhaltungspotenzial von Hörspielen, der Aufmerksamkeit und dem Sprachlernen von drei- bis vierjährigen Kindern untersuchen. In Experiment 1 wurde 20 ...
Abstract. The present study examines determinants of suspense on viewers observing sports on television. As an explanatory framework, an integrated model is proposed, linking the concept of (positive and negative) parasocial relationships (PSR) to the ...
This experiment investigated how complexity of the presented clues and need-for-cognition affect crime fiction enjoyment. A short murder story, divided into four segments, was presented to 154 participants. Complexity was manipulated as three-step factor ...
The use of video and computer games for recovery purposes was investigated in an online survey of 1614 participants. The data indicate that games are systematically used after exposure to stressful situations and strain, and that recovery experience is a ...
This contribution explores the relationship of emotion and cognition in entertainment experience. Drawing on the reflective model of aesthetic experience (Cupchik, 1995) and the concept of appreciation (Oliver & Bartsch, 2010), we propose a multi-level ...
The present contribution comments Art Raney’s article on the role of morality in emotional reactions to media entertainment. It dwells on Raney’s distinction between pleasure-based versus appreciation-based media entertainment. On a normative level, Raney ...
This contribution reflects content and effects of moral messages in media from a narrative perspective. Building on Tamborini’s (2011) Model of Moral Intuition and Media Enjoyment, several issues are raised: First, the difficulty of conceptually and ...
This paper points to new developments in the context of entertainment theory. Starting from a background of well-established theories that have been proposed and elaborated mainly by Zillmann and his collaborators since the 1980s, a new two-factor model ...
The purpose of this study is to explain viewers’ entertainment and feelings of being informed when watching political talk shows on German TV, depending on their viewing motivations. First, an exploratory survey (N = 189) aims to identify the motivation. ...
Abstract. This study tested the relationship between morality and disposition formation proposed by disposition theory using intuitive moral intuitions as indicators of membership in a morality subculture. After completing a measure of ...
Abstract. The model of intuitive morality and exemplars (MIME) predicts that media content can increase the accessibility of preconscious moral intuitions, which shape subsequent moral decision making. To date, attempts to demonstrate ...
Abstract. Three weeks before the release of Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi, participants viewed a trailer for the movie and predicted how happy and nostalgic it would make them feel. Three weeks after release, they indicated whether they ...
Abstract. Audio stories offer a unique blend of narrative entertainment with language learning opportunities as a user’s enjoyment is dependent on their processing of the linguistic content. A total of 138 third- and fourth-graders from ...
Abstract: It is a popular notion that binge-watching – watching several episodes of a TV show in one sitting – enhances entertainment experiences compared to watching singular episodes. However, empirical results are contradictory, and the ...