The Oxford Handbook Of Entertainment Theory

Author : Peter Vorderer,Christoph Klimmt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190072216

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The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory by Peter Vorderer,Christoph Klimmt Pdf

"This chapter offers some historical and conceptual orientation to readers of the Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory. Departing from a brief review of ancient roots and 20th century pioneer works, we elaborate on the state and challenges of contemporary entertainment theory and research. This includes the need to develop a more explicit understanding of interrelationships among similar terms and concepts (e.g., presence and transportation), the need to reflect more explicitly on epistemological foundations of entertaiment theories (e.g., neo-behaviorism), and the need to reach back to past, even historical reasoning in communication that may be just as informative as the consideration of recent theoretical innovations from neigboring fields such as social psychology. Finally, we offer some reflections on programmatic perspectives for future entertainment theory, which should try to harmonize views from the social sciences and critical thinking, span cultural differences in entertainment processes, and keep track of the rapid technological progress of entertainment media"--

Author : Peter Vorderer,Christoph Klimmt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190072230

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The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory by Peter Vorderer,Christoph Klimmt Pdf

The proliferation of new digital technologies has given rise to an entirely changed media landscape and revolutionized how we seek entertainment. Older entertainment media like novels, radio, and film have been joined by a host of digital media that smartphones allow us to carry almost anywhere and at all times, from video games and social media to video on demand services. This unprecedented ubiquity of entertainment media calls for new and more sophisticated theories that help us understand the fascination that different entertainment media exert on us and how they change the human experience. The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory surveys and furthers the most influential psychology-driven research on media entertainment to illuminate how people are drawn into media experiences. The 41 chapters in this Handbook not only offer fresh perspectives on established theories but also introduce emerging models and highlight the importance of considering the diverse backgrounds of media users when conducting research. They also cover the motivations and reactions of media users in relationship to different types of media, the trend towards interactive media such as video games and virtual reality, and particularly popular media contents like sexuality, violence, sports, and the news. As the most comprehensive overview of psychology-based research on media entertainment available, this Handbook is an invaluable resource for seasoned researchers and those beginning to learn about the field alike.

Author : Kathleen Hall Jamieson,Dan M. Kahan,Dietram Scheufele
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190497620

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The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication by Kathleen Hall Jamieson,Dan M. Kahan,Dietram Scheufele Pdf

The proposal to vaccinate adolescent girls against the human papilloma virus ignited political controversy, as did the advent of fracking and a host of other emerging technologies. These disputes attest to the persistent gap between expert and public perceptions. Complicating the communication of sound science and the debates that surround the societal applications of that science is a changing media environment in which misinformation can elicit belief without corrective context and likeminded individuals are prone to seek ideologically comforting information within their own self-constructed media enclaves. Drawing on the expertise of leading science communication scholars from six countries, The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication not only charts the media landscape - from news and entertainment to blogs and films - but also examines the powers and perils of human biases - from the disposition to seek confirming evidence to the inclination to overweight endpoints in a trend line. In the process, it draws together the best available social science on ways to communicate science while also minimizing the pernicious effects of human bias. The Handbook adds case studies exploring instances in which communication undercut or facilitated the access to scientific evidence. The range of topics addressed is wide, from genetically engineered organisms and nanotechnology to vaccination controversies and climate change. Also unique to this book is a focus on the complexities of involving the public in decision making about the uses of science, the regulations that should govern its application, and the ethical boundaries within which science should operate. The Handbook is an invaluable resource for researchers in the communication fields, particularly in science and health communication, as well as to scholars involved in research on scientific topics susceptible to distortion in partisan debate.

Author : Kate Kenski,Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199793488

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The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication by Kate Kenski,Kathleen Hall Jamieson Pdf

Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and leaders, voters' opinions, and media exposure to better understand how any one aspect can affect the others. In The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson bring together leading scholars, including founders of the field of political communication Elihu Katz, Jay Blumler, Doris Graber, Max McCombs, and Thomas Paterson,to review the major findings about subjects ranging from the effects of political advertising and debates and understandings and misunderstandings of agenda setting, framing, and cultivation to the changing contours of social media use in politics and the functions of the press in a democratic system. The essays in this volume reveal that political communication is a hybrid field with complex ancestry, permeable boundaries, and interests that overlap with those of related fields such as political sociology, public opinion, rhetoric, neuroscience, and the new hybrid on the quad, media psychology. This comprehensive review of the political communication literature is an indispensible reference for scholars and students interested in the study of how, why, when, and with what effect humans make sense of symbolic exchanges about sharing and shared power. The sixty-two chapters in The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication contain an overview of past scholarship while providing critical reflection of its relevance in a changing media landscape and offering agendas for future research and innovation.

Author : Tom L. Beauchamp,R.G. Frey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 997 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195371963

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The Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics by Tom L. Beauchamp,R.G. Frey Pdf

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Author : Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge,Jorge C. S. Cardoso,Licínio Roque,Pedro A. Gonzalez-Calero
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030893941

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Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2021 by Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge,Jorge C. S. Cardoso,Licínio Roque,Pedro A. Gonzalez-Calero Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th IFIP TC 14 International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2021, which was supposed to take place in Coimbra, Portugal, in November 2021. The 26 full papers, 13 short papers and 11 other papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. ICEC brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds to discuss the multidisciplinary intersection of design, art, entertainment, interaction, computing, psychology in the fields of gaming and entertainment computing.

Author : Seth J. Schwartz,Jennifer Unger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190215217

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The Oxford Handbook of Acculturation and Health by Seth J. Schwartz,Jennifer Unger Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Acculturation and Health brings together acculturation theory and methodology with work linking acculturative processes to overall health outcomes. The blending of these two streams of literature is critical to move advances in acculturation theory and research into practical application for researchers, practitioners, educators, and policy makers.

Author : Enny Das
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782832514078

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Existential narratives: Increasing psychological wellbeing through story by Enny Das Pdf

Author : Mark Grimshaw
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780199826162

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The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality by Mark Grimshaw Pdf

The book is a compendium of thinking on virtuality and its relationship to reality from the perspective of a variety of philosophical and applied fields of study. Topics covered include presence, immersion, emotion, ethics, utopias and dystopias, image, sound, literature, AI, law, economics, medical and military applications, religion, and sex.

Author : Karen Collins,Bill Kapralos,Holly Tessler
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780199797226

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The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio by Karen Collins,Bill Kapralos,Holly Tessler Pdf

What does it mean to interact with sound? How does interactivity alter our experience as creators and listeners? What does the future hold for interactive musical and sonic experiences? This book answers these questions with newly-commissioned chapters that explore the full range of interactive audio in games, performance, design, and practice.

Author : Alexander Rehding,Steven Rings
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190454746

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The Oxford Handbook of Critical Concepts in Music Theory by Alexander Rehding,Steven Rings Pdf

Music Theory operates with a number of fundamental terms that are rarely explored in detail. This book offers in-depth reflections on key concepts from a range of philosophical and critical approaches that reflect the diversity of the contemporary music theory landscape.

Author : Karen E. Dill,Karen Dill-Shackleford
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780195398809

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The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology by Karen E. Dill,Karen Dill-Shackleford Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology explores facets of human behaviour, thoughts, and feelings experienced in the context of media use and creation.

Author : Candace Jones,Mark Lorenzen,Jonathan Sapsed
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191062278

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The Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries by Candace Jones,Mark Lorenzen,Jonathan Sapsed Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Creative Industries is a reference work, bringing together many of the world's leading scholars in the application of creativity in economics, business and management, law, policy studies, organization studies, and psychology. Creative industries research has become a regular theme in academic journals and conferences across these subjects and is also an important agenda for governments throughout the world, while business people from established companies and entrepreneurs revaluate and innovate their models in creative industries. The Handbook is organized into four parts: Following the editors' introduction, Part One on Creativity includes individual creativity and how this scales up to teams, social networks, cities, and labour markets. Part Two addresses Generating and Appropriating Value from Creativity, as achieved by agents and organizations, such as entrepreneurs, stars and markets for symbolic goods, and considers how performance is measured in the creative industries. Part Three covers the mechanics of Managing and Organizing Creative Industries, with chapters on the role of brokerage and mediation in creative industry networks, disintermediation and glocalisation due to digital technology, the management of project-based organzations in creative industries, organizing events in creative fields, project ecologies, Global Production Networks, genres and classification and sunk costs and dynamics of creative industries. Part Four on Creative Industries, Culture and the Economy offers chapters on cultural change and entrepreneurship, on development, on copyright, economic spillovers and government policy. This authoritative collection is the most comprehensive source of the state of knowledge in the increasingly important field of creative industries research. Covering emerging economies and new technologies, it will be of interest to scholars and students of the arts, business, innovation, and policy.

Author : Frederick Luis Aldama
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780190917975

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The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies by Frederick Luis Aldama Pdf

Comic book studies has developed as a solid academic discipline, becoming an increasingly vibrant field in the United States and globally. A growing number of dissertations, monographs, and edited books publish every year on the subject, while world comics represent the fastest-growing sector of publishing. The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies looks at the field systematically, examining the history and evolution of the genre from a global perspective. This includes a discussion of how comic books are built out of shared aesthetic systems such as literature, painting, drawing, photography, and film. The Handbook brings together readable, jargon-free essays written by established and emerging scholars from diverse geographic, institutional, gender, and national backgrounds. In particular, it explores how the term "global comics" has been defined, as well the major movements and trends that will drive the field in the years to come. Each essay will help readers understand comic books as a storytelling form grown within specific communities, and will also show how these forms exist within what can be considered a world system of comics.

Author : Allison Eden,Matthew Grizzard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Mass media
ISBN : 1524962732

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Media Entertainment by Allison Eden,Matthew Grizzard Pdf