Enjoyment of arousing television news: The role of age and sensation seeking
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Mariska Kleemans
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Paul Hendriks Vettehen
Abstract
This study investigated the role of television news as entertainment by focusing on the enjoyment that viewers experience while watching television news stories. In particular, the study examined the relationship between arousing news stories and enjoyment, and explored the potential moderating role of age and sensation seeking. Participants (N = 288) watched four news stories and reported both their feelings of arousal and their enjoyment of each story. An ∩-shaped relationship between arousal and enjoyment was found. This relationship was not moderated by sensation seeking, but it was moderated by age: The level of arousal at which enjoyment reached its maximum was higher in younger viewers.
©2014 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin Boston
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Obituary of Karsten Renckstorf
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- Mediatization in public bureaucracies: A typology
- In the footsteps of Bob and Angelina: Celebrities’ diverse societal engagement and its ability to attract media coverage
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Obituary of Karsten Renckstorf
- Articles
- Mediatization in public bureaucracies: A typology
- In the footsteps of Bob and Angelina: Celebrities’ diverse societal engagement and its ability to attract media coverage
- Digital skills as a conditioning factor for digital political participation
- The older player of digital games: A classification based on perceived need satisfaction
- Enjoyment of arousing television news: The role of age and sensation seeking
- Book Reviews
- Book reviews
