Media Entertainment: The Psychology of Its Appeal
by Zillmann, Dolf; Vorderer, PeterPub. Date: 2000-06-12
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
This collection of essays covers all essential aspects of media entertainment, written in a non-technical style for appeal to scholars in communication and psychology as well as to students at mid to advanced levels of study.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| The Coming of Media Entertainment | |
| Interactive Entertainment and Beyond | |
| Humor and Comedy | |
| Conflict and Suspense in Drama | |
| Violence, Mayhem, and Horror | |
| Sex on Entertainment Television | |
| Affect-Talk and Its Kin | |
| Children's Likes and Dislikes of Entertainment Programs | |
| Sports on the Screen | |
| Music and Music Videos | |
| Video Games and the Pleasures of Control | |
| The Respondent Gender Gap | |
| Personality and Entertainment Preferences | |
| The Aesthetics of Media Fare | |
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