Emotions are central to the experience of literary narrative fiction. Affect and mood can
influence what book people choose, based partly on whether their goal is to change or …

The introduction of new technologies in society has created a need for interactive contents
that can make the most of the potential that technological advances offer. Serious games as …

The purpose of this research is to broaden the conceptualization of entertainment selection
to identify not only pleasure-seeking (hedonic concerns) as a motivator, but to also …

This article elaborates upon the notion of media enjoyment in the context of film viewing by
proposing a complementary type of gratification that we conceptualize as appreciation …

This article presents a model of enjoyment rooted in self-determination theory that includes
the satisfaction of three needs related to psychological well-being: autonomy, competence …

We examine the notion of eudaimonic entertainment during exposure to a sad but
meaningful movie, using a new measure consisting of 5 dimensions derived from research …

While intrinsic motivation has received broad attention in recent entertainment research, the
effects of extrinsic motivation, such as social pressure to use media, on media enjoyment …

This article presents four studies designed to assess different types of gratifications that can
be associated with the experience of emotions in movie and television audiences …

The purpose of this article is to examine the experience of appreciation to media
entertainment as a unique audience response that can be differentiated from enjoyment. To …

Most early research on entertainment defines media enjoyment in functional terms as the
satisfaction of hedonic needs. Two studies demonstrate the value of including nonhedonic …