Appreciation as Audience Response: Exploring Entertainment Gratifications beyond Hedonism

Autor/inn/en	Oliver, Mary Beth; Bartsch, Anne
Titel	Appreciation as Audience Response: Exploring Entertainment Gratifications beyond Hedonism
Quelle	In: Human Communication Research, 36 (2010) 1, S.53-81 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-3989
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2958.2009.01368.x
Schlagwörter	Audience Response; Mass Media Effects; Films; Role; Participant Satisfaction; Recreational Activities; Leisure Time; Aesthetics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zuschauerverhalten; Film; Rollen; Freizeitgestaltung; Freizeit; Ästhetik
Abstract	This article elaborates upon the notion of media enjoyment in the context of film viewing by proposing a complementary type of gratification that we conceptualize as appreciation. Three studies were conducted to tap into the multidimensionality of viewers' entertainment gratifications with a special focus on the domain of more serious, poignant, and pensive media experiences typically associated with genres such as drama, history, documentary, or art films. These studies provide evidence of and measurement for gratifications related to fun and suspense, but also gratifications related to moving and thought-provoking entertainment experiences, with all three gratifications leading to perceptions of entertainment having a more long-lasting or enduring effect. The results are discussed with regard to the theoretical conceptualization of entertainment gratification. (As Provided).
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