A leading explanation of enjoyment focuses on the affective dispositions that viewers form toward the characters in those presentations. Whether youre into hard facts, impossible theories, or funny space jokes, ive got a great. Reconsidering character liking, moral evaluations, and enjoyment arthur a. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
The nook book ebook of the communication and emotion. The same holds true for affective disposition theory adt. Seeking to understand why we like what we like is a goal shared by social scientists and media content providers alike. The interaction of affective dispositions, moral judgments. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. The enjoyment of music kristine forney, andrew dell. The psychology of dispositionbased theories of media enjoyment. The bulk of studies using dispositionbased principles in the context of sporting events confirmed the dispositionbased theory of sports spectatorship e.
Rationalist and intuitionist sequences article in communication theory 242. Affective disposition theory adt, in its simplest form, states that media and entertainment. Collectively these explanations are known as disposition theory. A gap currently exists in the theory concerning the effect of the different elements of the mediated content.
As a comprehensive synthesis of theory and research in communication and emotion, it will be of great interest to scholars in communication theory, cognitive and social psychology, and psychophysiology. Dispositionbased theories contend that media enjoyment starts with and is driven by the viewers feelings about the character. Raney as the other chapters in this volume attest, the enjoyment of media entertainment is indeed a complex phenomenon. The enjoyment book contains several hundred coupons worth thousands of dollars. Defining media enjoyment as the satisfaction of intrinsic needs. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Raney phd, university of alabama is an assistant professor in the department of communication at florida state university.
Dispositionbased theories of enjoyment semantic scholar. The notion of enjoyment as need satisfaction is not novel. The coupons are good until november 1, 2020 and you can save up to 50% on almost. Dispositionbased theories of enjoyment communication. The psychology of dispositionbased theories of media enjoyment by arthur a.
The psychology of disposition based theories of media enjoyment. The theory hypothesizes that enjoyment from viewing a sporting event is a function of the outcome of the sporting event in relation to the strength and valence of the dispositions held toward its competitors. Dispositionbased theories are concerned with the enjoyment or appreciation of media content. Disposition theory research within mediated sporting events has traditionally looked at the relationship between enjoyment and outcome. Why do some people believe in conspiracy theories anyway. The services section contains coupons for auto service and dry cleaning which entitle you to service at 50% off the regular price. Most of the coupons in the book are good for a free dinner or other item with the purchase of a second. The psychology of dispositionbased theories of media.
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