The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2011), xiii, 422 pp.
Contains index
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
ISBN 978-0-415-48160-1 (hbk); 978-0-203-88539-0 (ebook)
"The impact of mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on human emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in understanding how media messages are processed as well as media's impact on individual and social behavior and public social life. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of emotions within a mass media context, the Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media addresses areas such as evolutionary psychology, media entertainment, sociology, cultural studies, media psychology, political communication, persuasion, and new technology. Leading experts from across the globe explore cutting-edge research on issues including the evolutionary functions of mediated emotions, emotions and media entertainment, measurements of emotions within the context of mass media, media violence, fear-evoking media, politics and public emotions, features, forms and functions of emotions beyond the message, and provide the reader a glimpse into future generations of media technology." (Publisher description)
1 Emotions and the mass media: an interdisciplinary approach / Katrin Doveling, Christian von Scheve, and Elly A. Konijn, 1
I. EMOTIONS AND MASS MEDIA: FROM MOTIVES AND CONSEQUENCES TO MEANINGS AND MEASUREMENTS
2 The descent of emotions in media: Darwinian perspectives / Frank Schwab and Clemens Schwender, 15
3 From noise to nucleus: emotion as key construct in processing media messages / Elly A. Konijn and Jelte M. ten Holt, 37
4 Affective and emotional consequences of the mass media / Christopher P. Barlett and Douglas A. Gentile, 60
5 The measurement of positive and negative affect in media research / Annie Lang and David R. Ewoldsen, 79
II. THE ENTERTAINING EXPERIENCES OF EMOTIONS THROUGH MASS MEDIA
6 Mechanisms of emotional reactivity to media entertainments / Dolf Zillmann, 101
7 Media-based emotional coping: examining the emotional benefits and pitfalls of media consumption / Robin L. Nabi, Jiyeon So, and Abby Prestin, 116
8 Tragic and poignant entertainment: the gratifications of meaningfulness as emotional response / Mary Beth Oliver and Julia K. Woolley, 134
9 Fear reactions and the mass media / Joanne Cantor, 148
10 Media enjoyment as a function of affective dispositions toward and moral judgment of characters / Arthur A. Raney, 166
III. MASS MEDIA, POLITICS, PERSUASION, AND PUBLIC EMOTIONS
11 Emotion, media, and the global village / Ross Buck and Stacie Renfro Powers, 181
12 Nonverbal communication, emotion, and political evaluation / Erik P. Bucy, 195
13 Disaster news and public emotions / Mervi Pantti, 221
14 Emotion in persuasion and risk communication / Monique M. Turner, 237
15 Creating fear: transforming terrorist attacks into control and consumption / David L. Altheide, 259
IV. EMOTIONS BEYOND THE MESSAGE: FEATURES, FORMS, AND FUNCTIONS
16 The influence of form and presentation attributes of media on emotion / Benjamin H. Detenber and Annie Lang, 275
17 Effects of presentation and editing on emotional responses of viewers: the example of TV-news / Dagmar C. Unz, 294
18 Visual emotions: emotional visuals / Marion G. Müller and Arvid Kappas, 310
19 Reactive and reflective responses to mass media / Gerald C. Cupchik, 332
V. EMOTIONS AND NEXT GENERATION MEDIA
20 Using automated facial expression analysis for emotion and behavior prediction / Sun Joo Ahn, Jeremy Bailenson, Jesse Fox, and Maria Jabon, 349
21 Emotionally-resonant media: advances in sensing, understanding and influencing human emotion through interactive media / Jonathan Gratch, 370
22 Virtual interface agents that adapt to user emotion and interest / Helmut Prendinger and Mitsuru Ishizuka, 388
I. EMOTIONS AND MASS MEDIA: FROM MOTIVES AND CONSEQUENCES TO MEANINGS AND MEASUREMENTS
2 The descent of emotions in media: Darwinian perspectives / Frank Schwab and Clemens Schwender, 15
3 From noise to nucleus: emotion as key construct in processing media messages / Elly A. Konijn and Jelte M. ten Holt, 37
4 Affective and emotional consequences of the mass media / Christopher P. Barlett and Douglas A. Gentile, 60
5 The measurement of positive and negative affect in media research / Annie Lang and David R. Ewoldsen, 79
II. THE ENTERTAINING EXPERIENCES OF EMOTIONS THROUGH MASS MEDIA
6 Mechanisms of emotional reactivity to media entertainments / Dolf Zillmann, 101
7 Media-based emotional coping: examining the emotional benefits and pitfalls of media consumption / Robin L. Nabi, Jiyeon So, and Abby Prestin, 116
8 Tragic and poignant entertainment: the gratifications of meaningfulness as emotional response / Mary Beth Oliver and Julia K. Woolley, 134
9 Fear reactions and the mass media / Joanne Cantor, 148
10 Media enjoyment as a function of affective dispositions toward and moral judgment of characters / Arthur A. Raney, 166
III. MASS MEDIA, POLITICS, PERSUASION, AND PUBLIC EMOTIONS
11 Emotion, media, and the global village / Ross Buck and Stacie Renfro Powers, 181
12 Nonverbal communication, emotion, and political evaluation / Erik P. Bucy, 195
13 Disaster news and public emotions / Mervi Pantti, 221
14 Emotion in persuasion and risk communication / Monique M. Turner, 237
15 Creating fear: transforming terrorist attacks into control and consumption / David L. Altheide, 259
IV. EMOTIONS BEYOND THE MESSAGE: FEATURES, FORMS, AND FUNCTIONS
16 The influence of form and presentation attributes of media on emotion / Benjamin H. Detenber and Annie Lang, 275
17 Effects of presentation and editing on emotional responses of viewers: the example of TV-news / Dagmar C. Unz, 294
18 Visual emotions: emotional visuals / Marion G. Müller and Arvid Kappas, 310
19 Reactive and reflective responses to mass media / Gerald C. Cupchik, 332
V. EMOTIONS AND NEXT GENERATION MEDIA
20 Using automated facial expression analysis for emotion and behavior prediction / Sun Joo Ahn, Jeremy Bailenson, Jesse Fox, and Maria Jabon, 349
21 Emotionally-resonant media: advances in sensing, understanding and influencing human emotion through interactive media / Jonathan Gratch, 370
22 Virtual interface agents that adapt to user emotion and interest / Helmut Prendinger and Mitsuru Ishizuka, 388
