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Media entertainment : the psychology of its appeal
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- Creator
- edited by Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2000
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780805833249, 0805833242, 9780805833256, 0805833250
- OCLC
- ocm43032502
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- The coming of media entertainment / Dolf Zillmann -- Interactive entertainment and beyond / Peter Vorderer -- Humor and comedy / Dolf Zillmann -- Conflict and suspense in drama / Peter Vorderer and Silvia Knobloch -- Violence, mayhem, and horror / Glenn G. Sparks and Cheri W. Sparks -- Sex on entertainment television / Bradley S. Greenberg and Linda Hofschire -- Affect-talk and its kin / Gary Bente and Ansgar Feist -- Children's likes and dislikes of entertainment programs / Patti M. Valkenburg and Joanne Cantor -- Sports on the screen / Jennings Bryant and Arthur A. Raney -- Music and music videos / Christine H. Hansen and Ranald D. Hansen -- Video games and the pleasures of control / Torben Grodal -- The respondent gender gap / Mary Beth Oliver -- Personality and entertainment preferences / James B. Weaver III -- The aesthetics of media fare / Gerald C. Cupchik and Stephen Kemp