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Psychology of Entertainment
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Psychology of Entertainment Hardcover - 2006

by Jennings Bryant (Editor); Peter Vorderer (Editor)

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As entertainment becomes a trillion-dollar-a-year industry worldwide, as our modern era increasingly lives up to its label of the "entertainment age," and as economists begin to recognize that entertainment has become the driving force of the new world economy, it is safe to say that scholars are beginning to take entertainment seriously. The scholarly spin on entertainment has been manifested in traditional ways, as well as innovative ones. Representing the current state of theory and research, Psychology of Entertainment promises to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on entertainment. It serves to define the new area of study and provides a theoretical spin for future work in the area.

Divided into three basic parts, this book:
*addresses the fundamental mechanisms and processes involved in orienting to and selecting entertainment fare, as well as receiving and processing it;
*explores the mechanisms and processes by which we are entertained by the media messages we select and receive; and
*provides an opportunity for the application of well-established as well as emerging psychological and psychobiological theories to be applied to the study of entertainment in ways that seldom have been utilized previously.

Psychology of Entertainment will appeal to scholars, researchers, and graduate students in media studies and mass communication, psychology, marketing, and other areas contributing to the entertainment studies area.

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  • Title Psychology of Entertainment
  • Author Jennings Bryant (Editor); Peter Vorderer (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 476
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2006-02-24
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780805852370 / 0805852379
  • Weight 2.32 lbs (1.05 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.22 x 7.32 x 1.23 in (25.96 x 18.59 x 3.12 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Performing arts - Psychological aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005032343
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.019

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