Entertainment Media and Communication

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Entertainment Media and Communication

Edited by: Nicholas David Bowman

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2024

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Volume 20 | Handbooks of Communication Science

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Although not considered a formal area of study, scholarship on the uses, content, and effects of entertaining media has been central to communication studies and related fields for more than a century. The serious study of entertainment seems paradoxical, as we presume entertainment to be the “lighter side” of our daily lives. Yet as revealed in this volume, entertainment media serve as cultural artifacts that shape our understandings of various peoples and publics in ways that invite deeper, immersive, and increasingly interactive engagement.

On this backdrop, Entertainment Media and Communication serves as a reference guide for canonical and foundational research into media entertainment and a collection of emerging and updated theories and models core to the study of media entertainment in the 21st century. Across more than forty chapters and with a diverse and inclusive list of authors, this volume provides a broad-yet-nuanced view into entertainment media and communication scholarship. The contributors explore its foundations, define and extend key concepts and theories through myriad lenses, discuss unique considerations of digital media, and divine future paths for scholarly inquiry.

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Nicholas David Bowman, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
About the Editor Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Preface to Handbooks of Communication Science series Peter J. Schulz and Paul Cobley Publicly Available Download PDF	XVI
General Introduction
Media Entertainment Theory and Research: Still an Amorphous Area Ron Tamborini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Section 1: Retrospectives and Foundations
Chapter 1 Media Effects Paradigms: Was There Ever a Magic Bullet? Julia Kneer, Ruud S. Jacobs and Bartosz G. Żerebecki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
Chapter 2 The Early Development of Audience Entertainment Research, 1937–1940 Josh Shepperd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
Chapter 3 Humor and Mirth Prateekshit “Kanu” Pandey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
Chapter 4 Emotion and Entertainment Arienne Ferchaud, Arthur A. Raney, Russell B. Clayton and Katherine R. Dale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Chapter 5 Audio-Visual Formal Features of Entertainment Messages Katalin E. Bálint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
Chapter 6 Encoding/Decoding Entertainment Media Lars de Wildt, Kamile Grusauskaite and Stef Aupers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
Section 2: Key and Canonical Theories
Chapter 7 Narratives and Entertainment Media Irina Andreeva, Melanie C. Green and Sneha Gupta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
Chapter 8 Parasocial Interaction and Parasocial Relationship Jayson L. Dibble and Sarah F. Rosaen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
Chapter 9 Affective Disposition Theory Matthew Grizzard, C. Joseph Francemone and Rebecca Frazer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
Chapter 10 Uses and Gratifications Theory Anthony M. Limperos and Aubree A. Herman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
Chapter 11 Cultivation Theory and Entertainment Matea Mustafaj and Jan Van den Bulck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
Chapter 12 Identification with Characters in Narratives Meghan S. Sanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Chapter 13 Media Selection Processes in Entertainment Ezgi Ulusoy and Allison Eden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	189
Chapter 14 Media Habits and Entertainment Ryan L. Lange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Section 3: Considerations of Content/Genre/Type/ Setting
Chapter 15 Crime Entertainment Media Sofia V. Rhea and Laramie D. Taylor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	219
Chapter 16 Horror as Entertainment Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Chapter 17 Sport as Entertainment Nicky Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
Chapter 18 Representation Matters: Ethnic/Racial Depictions in US Entertainment Media and the Implications for Audiences Dana Mastro, Nancy Molina-Rogers and Hannah Overbye Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	257
Chapter 19 Political Satire Mark Boukes, Ellen Droog, Britta C. Brugman and Christian Burgers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
Chapter 20 Love It and/or Hate It: Journalism as Entertainment Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay and Robert J. Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
Chapter 21 Entertainment Media’s Effects on Child Audiences Tahleen Lattimer, Irina Andreeva and Lindsay Hahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
Chapter 22 Risk Behavior and Entertainment Anne Sadza, Serena Daalmans, Esther Rozendaal and Moniek Buijzen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	321
Chapter 23 Sexual Content, Sexuality in Media Laramie D. Taylor and Lindsay Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	337
Chapter 24 Aggression and Violence in Entertainment Media Barbara Krahé Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351
Chapter 25 Entertainment-Education Media: Where Learning Is Fun Nancy A. Jennings and Vera Hawkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	369
Chapter 26 Transcendence and “Inspiring Media” Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles and Noel H. McGuire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
Chapter 27 Branded Entertainment as a Win–Win Strategy for Consumers and Advertisers Chingching Chang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	397
Section 4: Critical and Cultural Considerations
Chapter 28 Searching for Meaning: Positioning Fan Research within Trends in Communication Studies Douglas Schules, Kentaro Matsumoto and Junxiao Yang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
Chapter 29 Gender, Identity, and Entertainment Serena Daalmans and Joël Hendrix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	429
Chapter 30 Globalisation Petros Iosifidis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	445
Chapter 31 Surveillance and Entertainment Dietmar Kammerer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	457
Chapter 32 Postcolonial Theory and Media Entertainment Purba Das Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	469
Chapter 33 The Role of Paratexts in Media Entertainment Philippe de Villemor Chauveau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	481
Chapter 34 Feminist Media Studies and Entertainment Tonny Krijnen and Chiara Modugno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	493
Chapter 35 Mediatization and Entertainment Katrin Döveling, Denise Sommer, Keith Robinson and Lilian Suter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	505
Chapter 36 Spaces and Places in Entertainment Robert Moses Peaslee and Molly Dowling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	521
Section 5: Digital Media and Technology
Chapter 37 Extended Reality and Metaverse Technology Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	535
Chapter 38 Streaming Media and Entertainment Experiences Marika Lüders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	549
Chapter 39 Esports and Game Streaming Mark Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	563
Chapter 40 Video Games as Entertaining-yet-Demanding Interactivity Heejae Lee, Yoon Esther Lee and Nicholas David Bowman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	577
Chapter 41 Media Multitasking and Entertainment Claire M. Segijn, Brittany R. L. Duff and Gabi Schaap Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	591
Chapter 42 Analytics in the Entertainment Industry Robert Joel Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	605
Section 6: Advances and Conclusions
Chapter 43 Priming and Exemplification: Implications for Entertainment David R. Ewoldsen and Nancy Rhodes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	623
Chapter 44 The Biology of Entertainment Jacob T. Fisher, Chen Crystal Chen and Xiaohan Catherine Hu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	635
Chapter 45 Computational Modeling Entertainment Media Choice and Decision-Making in Communication Science Xuanjun Jason Gong and Richard Huskey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	649
Chapter 46 The Role of Theory in Media Entertainment Research Ron Tamborini, Ralf Schmälzle and Nicholas David Bowman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	665
Author Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	679
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	691

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eBook published on:

October 21, 2024

eBook ISBN:

9783110792881

Hardcover published on:

October 21, 2024

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110792812

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Front matter:

13

Main content:

703

Illustrations:

6

Coloured Illustrations:

1

Tables:

7

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110792881

eBook ISBN: 9783110792881

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110792812

Keywords for this book

Entertainment Media; Media Psychology; Media Theory; Media Cultures

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Scholars & students of Communication, Psychology, Sociology, Cultural Studies; Professionals in Media Production & Marketing.

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