Article
Challenging Entertainment: Enjoyment, Transportation, and Need for Cognition in Relation to Fictional Films Viewed Online
Mass Communication and Society
(2012)
Abstract
This study used brief, fantastical fiction films viewed on a computer to extend research into the multiple dimensions of audiences' responses to entertainment media. One hundred sixty participants viewed one of two films and completed measures of transportation into the film, perceptions of the film as fun and meaningful, and need for cognition. Transportation was associated with both fun and meaningfulness perceptions, which were correlated with each other. Need for cognition predicted meaningfulness directly and indirectly through transportation. This trait was associated with fun only indirectly, via transportation.
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 5, 2012
DOI
10.1080/15205436.2011.583544
Citation Information
Alice Hall and Lara Zwarun. "Challenging Entertainment: Enjoyment, Transportation, and Need for Cognition in Relation to Fictional Films Viewed Online" Mass Communication and Society Vol. 15 Iss. 3 (2012) p. 384 - 406 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lara-zwarun/11/