Unterhaltungsrezeption als Gegenstand medienpsychologischer Emotionsforschung

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Schwab
Keyword(s):  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Stimulus Evaluation

Zusammenfassung. Der Beitrag unterscheidet Ansätze der Untersuchung der Unterhaltungsrezeption in explorative und theoriegeleitete. Der “Uses and Gratifications“-Ansatz sowie der Eskapismusansatz sind dem explorativen Vorgehen zuzuordnen. Theoriegeleitete Ansätze werden in erregungspsychologische Konzepte und in identitätsorientierte Konzepte unterteilt und durch eigene Überlegungen zu emotionspsychologischen Konzepten ergänzt. Es lässt sich verdeutlichen, dass die Auseinandersetzung mit Emotionen fruchtbar im Lichte der Evolution geführt werden kann. Proximate Erklärungsansätze der Unterhaltungsrezeption lassen sich am Beispiel des “Stimulus Evaluation Check“-Modells (SEC) der Emotionsgenese erörtern, während distale/ultimate Erklärungen mit dem Konzept “Evolvierter Psychischer Mechanismen“ (EPMs) am Beispiel der Funktionsanalyse positiver Emotionalität dargestellt werden. Ergänzend zum SEC-Modell wird neben der Berücksichtigung der Realitäts-Fiktions-Unterscheidung eine Differenzierung positiver Emotionalität in Freude, Interesse und Zufriedenheit vorgeschlagen. Diese Unterscheidungen führt der Beitrag aus einer evolutionspsychologischen Perspektive heraus ein. Die adaptive Funktion positiver Emotionalität liegt dabei in einer Erweiterung des Denk- und Handlungsraumes. Dies lässt sich ohne weiteres mit dem identitätsorientierten Ansatz der Unterhaltungsrezeption in Einklang bringen.

Quantifying idiosyncratic and shared contributions to stimulus evaluations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Eduardo Martinez ◽  
Friederike Funk ◽  
Alexander Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Variance Component ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Stimulus Evaluation ◽  
Crossed Random Effects ◽  
Novel Objects ◽  
Variance Component Estimates

A fundamental psychological problem is identifying the idiosyncratic and shared contributions to stimulus evaluation. However, there is no established method for estimating these contributions and the existing methods have led to divergent estimates. Moreover, in many studies participants rate the stimuli only once, although at least two measurements are required to estimate idiosyncratic contributions. Here, participants rated faces or novel objects on four dimensions (beautiful, approachable, likeable, dangerous) for a total of ten blocks to better estimate the preferences of individual raters. First, we show that both intra-rater and inter-rater agreement – measures related to idiosyncratic and shared contributions, respectively – increase with repeated measures. Second, to find best practices, we compared estimates from correlation indices and variance component approaches on stimulus-generality, evaluation-generality, data preprocessing steps, and sensitivity to measurement error (a largely ignored issue). The correlation indices changed monotonically and nonlinearly with more repeated measures. Variance component analyses showed large variability in estimates from only two repeated measures, but stabilized with more measures. While there was general agreement among approaches, the correlation approach was problematic for certain stimulus types and evaluation dimensions. Our results suggest that variance component estimates are more reliable as long as one collects more than two repeated measures, which is not the current norm in psychological research, and can be implemented using mixed models with crossed random effects. Recommendations for analysis and interpretations are provided.

scholarly journals Augmenting Function with Value: An Exploration of Reasons to Engage and Disengage from Music Listening

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 205920432110225
Author(s):  
Amanda E Krause ◽  
Solange Glasser ◽  
Margaret Osborne
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis

Investigations of music in everyday life are dominated by a functional perspective, drawn from work using the theory of Uses and Gratifications. In so doing, we may have neglected to fully appreciate the value people place on music listening. Therefore, the present study considered if, and why, people value music listening and probed instances when they may not want to listen to music in everyday life. A sample of 319 university students residing in Australia (76.50% female, M age = 20.64) completed an online questionnaire, on which they were asked to provide short responses to open-ended questions directly addressing two research questions. Inductive thematic analysis yielded 13 themes synthesizing how participants valued listening to music, such as appreciation, emotion, time and engagement, cognitive factors, and mood regulation. Reasons for not listening to music were summarized by eight themes dominated by interference with activities that required focus or concentration, followed by environmental context, affective responses, music engagement and inversely, a preference for silence or other auditory stimuli. Fifteen percent of participants stated there was never a time they did not want to listen to music. The findings provide a novel perspective on the value of music listening beyond that considered by uses and gratifications with regard to the function of listening to music in everyday life.

scholarly journals Transcending Uses and Gratifications: Media use as social action and the use of event history analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henk Westerik ◽  
Karsten Renckstorf ◽  
Jan Lammers ◽  
Fred Wester
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Event History Analysis ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Event History ◽  
History Analysis

Uses and Gratifications of MP3 Players by College Students: Are iPods More Popular than Radio?

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Ferguson ◽  
Clark F. Greer ◽  
Michael E. Reardon
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Mp3 Players

The Gratifications of Ephemeral Marketing Content, the Use of Snapchat by the Millennial Generation and Their Impact on Purchase Motivation

2021 ◽  
pp. 097215092110056
Author(s):  
Evelyn Lopez ◽  
Jose A. Flecha-Ortiz ◽  
Maria Santos-Corrada ◽  
Virgin Dones
Keyword(s):  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reasons For Use ◽  
Marketing Resource

Ephemeral content has become a vital marketing resource for companies, but its effects have rarely been addressed in academic literature. Through the theory of uses and gratifications (U&G), we explore ephemeral content, the impact of Snapchat use, and their impact on millennials’ purchase motivation. Through an electronic survey of 454 millennial-generation participants, analysed through SMART-PLS, theoretical contributions are presented in identifying modality-based gratifications and interactivity-based gratifications as two additional sources of gratification that generate the modality of Snapchat’s ephemeral content. The study theoretically reflects how much interaction and identification with the medium generates a positive involvement in the audience’s needs, thus explaining its reasons for use.

Cinematic Entertainment

2021 ◽  
pp. 557-582
Author(s):  
Maite Soto-Sanfiel
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Global Increase ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Despite claims that “cinema is dead” or that it only interests nostalgic old-timers, statistics indicate a global increase in theater attendance. Not only is moviegoing still one of the favorite forms of entertainment, but it especially appeals to young people. Moreover, communication research seems to have neglected cinema, but the relationship between modern-day teenagers and the silver screen needs to be observed. This chapter reports the results of a cross-cultural study based on the uses and gratifications paradigm with youngsters from eight European countries. It presents their cinematographic uses and consumption, their motivations for going to the movies, and their preferences and conceptions regarding different movie traditions. The study also performs cross-cultural contrasts to reveal more about the impact of regional, national, and global forces on the psychological relationship between today’s teenagers and cinema.

How nonprofits use Facebook to craft infrastructure

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libby Hemphill ◽  
A.J. Million ◽  
Ingrid Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Technology Choice ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Moral Economies ◽  
Task Technology Fit

We present findings from interviews with 23 individuals affiliated with non-profit organizations (NPOs) to understand how they deploy information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their civic engagement efforts. Existing research about NPO ICT use is often critical, but we did not find evidence that NPOs fail to use tools effectively. Rather, we detail how NPOs assemble various ICTs to create infrastructures that align with their values. Overall, we find that existing theories about technology choice (e.g., task-technology fit, uses and gratifications) do not explain the assemblages NPOs describe. We argue that the infrastructures they fashion can be explained through the lens of moral economies rather than utility. Together, the rhetorics of infrastructure and moral economies capture the motivations and constraints our participants expressed and challenge how prevailing theories of ICT use describe the non-profit landscape.

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