Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. About the Editor XIII
5. Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series XVI
6. General Introduction
7. Media Entertainment Theory and Research: Still an Amorphous Area 1
8. Section 1: Retrospectives and Foundations
9. Chapter 1 Media Effects Paradigms: Was There Ever a Magic Bullet? 13
10. Chapter 2 The Early Development of Audience Entertainment Research, 1937–1940 25
11. Chapter 3 Humor and Mirth 37
12. Chapter 4 Emotion and Entertainment 55
13. Chapter 5 Audio-Visual Formal Features of Entertainment Messages 69
14. Chapter 6 Encoding/Decoding Entertainment Media 85
15. Section 2: Key and Canonical Theories
16. Chapter 7 Narratives and Entertainment Media 103
17. Chapter 8 Parasocial Interaction and Parasocial Relationship 119
18. Chapter 9 Affective Disposition Theory 133
19. Chapter 10 Uses and Gratifications Theory 149
20. Chapter 11 Cultivation Theory and Entertainment 163
21. Chapter 12 Identification with Characters in Narratives 177
22. Chapter 13 Media Selection Processes in Entertainment 189
23. Chapter 14 Media Habits and Entertainment 203
24. Section 3: Considerations of Content/Genre/Type/ Setting
25. Chapter 15 Crime Entertainment Media 219
26. Chapter 16 Horror as Entertainment 231
27. Chapter 17 Sport as Entertainment 245
28. Chapter 18 Representation Matters: Ethnic/Racial Depictions in US Entertainment Media and the Implications for Audiences 257
29. Chapter 19 Political Satire 273
30. Chapter 20 Love It and/or Hate It: Journalism as Entertainment 289
31. Chapter 21 Entertainment Media’s Effects on Child Audiences 303
32. Chapter 22 Risk Behavior and Entertainment 321
33. Chapter 23 Sexual Content, Sexuality in Media 337
34. Chapter 24 Aggression and Violence in Entertainment Media 351
35. Chapter 25 Entertainment-Education Media: Where Learning Is Fun 369
36. Chapter 26 Transcendence and “Inspiring Media” 383
37. Chapter 27 Branded Entertainment as a Win–Win Strategy for Consumers and Advertisers 397
38. Section 4: Critical and Cultural Considerations
39. Chapter 28 Searching for Meaning: Positioning Fan Research within Trends in Communication Studies 415
40. Chapter 29 Gender, Identity, and Entertainment 429
41. Chapter 30 Globalisation 445
42. Chapter 31 Surveillance and Entertainment 457
43. Chapter 32 Postcolonial Theory and Media Entertainment 469
44. Chapter 33 The Role of Paratexts in Media Entertainment 481
45. Chapter 34 Feminist Media Studies and Entertainment 493
46. Chapter 35 Mediatization and Entertainment 505
47. Chapter 36 Spaces and Places in Entertainment 521
48. Section 5: Digital Media and Technology
49. Chapter 37 Extended Reality and Metaverse Technology 535
50. Chapter 38 Streaming Media and Entertainment Experiences 549
51. Chapter 39 Esports and Game Streaming 563
52. Chapter 40 Video Games as Entertaining-yet-Demanding Interactivity 577
53. Chapter 41 Media Multitasking and Entertainment 591
54. Chapter 42 Analytics in the Entertainment Industry 605
55. Section 6: Advances and Conclusions
56. Chapter 43 Priming and Exemplification: Implications for Entertainment 623
57. Chapter 44 The Biology of Entertainment 635
58. Chapter 45 Computational Modeling Entertainment Media Choice and Decision-Making in Communication Science 649
59. Chapter 46 The Role of Theory in Media Entertainment Research 665
60. Author Biographies 679
61. Index 691