Introduction to Positive Media Psychology summarizes and synthesizes the key concepts,
theories, and empirical findings on the positive emotional, cognitive, and behavioral effects …

Understanding the role of morally ambiguous characters such as anti-heroes in
entertainment experiences has become a central concern for media researchers. Some …

Character morality is an integral variable within disposition theories. Zillmann proposed that
moral judgments of characters result from a viewer monitoring and approving/disapproving …

This study adds to existing research on liking of anti-heroes by demonstrating the
importance of perceived interaction and identification on character liking. Our first …

Abstract R. Tamborini (2011, 2012) recently proposed the model of intuitive morality and
exemplars (MIME), which combines theoretical developments in moral psychology with …

Individuation is the process by which humans form their perceptions about others based on
a variety of unique attributes of the person. Psychological research finds that personal …

Recent literature suggests that affective disposition theory (ADT) has difficulty explaining the
appeal of protagonists that sometimes do bad things. We addressed this issue by integrating …

Integrating the predictions of disposition theory and expectancy violations theory, a
longitudinal survey assessed adults' parasocial relationships with characters in a popular …

Parents, politicians, pedagogists, priests, and parishioners have for centuries considered
and debated the morality of entertainment. Most of these discussions have centered on fears …

Punishment of moral norm violators is instrumental for human cooperation. Yet, social and
affective neuroscience research has primarily focused on second-and third-party norm …