The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media (Routledge International Handbooks)

The impact of mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on human emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in understanding how media messages are processed as well as media’s impact on individual and social behavior and public social life. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of emotions within a mass media context, the Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media addresses areas such as evolutionary psychology, media entertainment, sociology, cultural studies, media psychology, political communication, persuasion, and new technology. Leading experts from across the globe explore cutting-edge research on issues including the evolutionary functions of mediated emotions, emotions and media entertainment , measurements of emotions within the context of mass media, media violence, fear-evoking media, politics and public emotions, features , forms and functions of emotions beyond the message, and provide the reader a glimpse into future generations of media technology. This compelling and authoritative Handbook is an essential reference tool for scholars and students of media, communication studies, media psychology, emotions, cultural studies, sociology, and other related disciplines. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 9 1 Emotions and mass media: An interdisciplinary approach......Page 16 Part I: Emotions and mass media: From motives and consequences to meanings and measurements......Page 28 2 The descent of emotions in media: Darwinian perspectives......Page 30 3 From noise to nucleus: Emotion as key construct in processing media messages......Page 52 4 Affective and emotional consequences of the mass media......Page 75 5 The measurement of positive and negative affect in media research......Page 94 Part II: The entertaining experiences of emotions through mass media......Page 114 6 Mechanisms of emotional reactivity to media entertainments......Page 116 7 Media-based emotional coping: Examining the emotional benefits and pitfalls of media consumption......Page 131 8 Tragic and poignant entertainment: The gratifications of meaningfulness as emotional response......Page 149 9 Fear reactions and the mass media......Page 163 10 Media enjoyment as a function of affective dispositions toward and moral judgment of characters......Page 181 Part III: Mass media, politics, persuasion, and public emotions......Page 194 11 Emotion, media, and the global village......Page 196 12 Nonverbal communication, emotion, and political evaluation......Page 210 13 Disaster news and public emotions......Page 236 14 Emotion in persuasion and risk communication......Page 252 15 Creating fear: Transforming terrorist attacks into control and consumption......Page 274 Part IV: Emotions beyond the message: Features, forms, and functions......Page 288 16 The influence of form and presentation attributes of media on emotion......Page 290 17 Effects of presentation and editing on emotional responses of viewers: The example of TV news......Page 309 18 Visual emotions – emotional visuals: Emotions, pathos formulae, and their relevance for communication research......Page 325 19 Reactive and reflective responses to mass media......Page 347 Part V: Emotions and next generation media......Page 362 20 Using automated facial expression analysis for emotion and behavior prediction......Page 364 21 Emotionally resonant media: Advances in sensing, understanding, and influencing human emotion through interactive media......Page 385 22 Virtual interface agents that adapt to user emotion and interest......Page 403 Index......Page 422 Emotions and the mass media : an interdisciplinary approach / Katrin Döveling, Christian von Scheve, and Elly A. Konijn The descent of emotions in media : Darwinian perspectives / Frank Schwab and Clemens Schwender From noise to nucleus : emotion as key construct in processing media messages / Elly A. Konijn and Jelte M. ten Holt Affective and emotional consequences of the mass media / Christopher P. Barlett and Douglas A. Gentile The measurement of positive and negative affect in media research / Annie Lang and David R. Ewoldsen Mechanisms of emotional reactivity to media entertainments / Dolf Zillmann Media-based emotional coping : examining the emotional benefits and pitfalls of media consumption / Robin L. Nabi, Jiyeon So, and Abby Prestin Tragic and poignant entertainment : the gratifications of meaningfulness as emotional response / Mary Beth Oliver and Julia K. Woolley Fear reactions and the mass media / Joanne Cantor Media enjoyment as a function of affective dispositions toward and moral judgment of characters / Arthur A. Raney Emotion, media, and the global village / Ross Buck and Stacie Renfro Powers Nonverbal communication, emotion, and political evaluation / Erik P. Bucy Disaster news and public emotions / Mervi Pantti Emotion in persuasion and risk communication / Monique M. Turner Creating fear : transforming terrorist attacks into control and consumption / David L. Altheide The influence of form and presentation attributes of media on emotion / Benjamin H. Detenber and Annie Lang Effects of presentation and editing on emotional responses of viewers : the example of tv-news / Dagmar C. Unz Visual emotions : emotional visuals / Marion G. Mueller and Arvid Kappas Reactive and reflective responses to mass media / Gerald C. Cupchik Using automated facial expression analysis for emotion and behavior prediction Sun joo ahn, jeremy bailenson, jesse fox, and maria jabon Emotionally-resonant media : advances in sensing, understanding and influencing human emotion through interactive media / Jonathan Gratch Virtual interface agents that adapt to user emotion and interest / Helmut Prendinger and Mitsuru Ishizuka. The impact of the mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on human emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in understanding social behavior and public social life. This handbook brings together various perspectives on these tightly intertwined issues.