| Description |
xi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
LEA's communication series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
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 -- Respondent gender gap / Mary Beth Oliver -- Personality and entertainment preferences / James B. Weaver III -- Aesthetics of media fare / Gerald C. Cupchik and Stephen Kemp. |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Psychological aspects.
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| Added Author |
Zillmann, Dolf.
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Vorderer, Peter.
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| ISBN |
0805833250 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0805833242 (alk. paper) |
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