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Media entertainment : the psychology of its appeal

Author: Dolf Zillmann; Peter Vorderer
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2000.
Series: LEA's communication series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Dolf Zillmann; Peter Vorderer
ISBN: 0805833242 9780805833249 0805833250 9780805833256
OCLC Number: 43032502
Description: xi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: LEA's communication series.
Responsibility: edited by Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer.
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