Psychology Of Entertainment by Jennings Bryant
This work synthesizes research on why people seek and enjoy entertainment, examining cognitive, emotional, and social processes—such as arousal and mood regulation, narrative transportation and identification with characters, uses-and-gratifications motives, and cultural influences—that shape responses to media. It reviews empirical evidence and theoretical frameworks on how entertainment elicits and manages emotions, facilitates social bonding and identity formation, and can produce short- and long-term effects on attitudes and behavior, offering insights for researchers and media creators.
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