Media entertainment as guilty pleasure? The appraisal of media use, self-control, and entertainment (AMUSE) model
Reinecke L, Meier A (2021)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edited Volumes: The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory
Pages Range: 203-230
ISBN: 9780190072216
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190072216.013.12
Abstract
Using media, specifically those that offer entertainment, frequently conflicts with other goals and obligations in daily life. Users can manage these conflicts either by applying self-control and upholding their goals, or by giving in to media temptations, which elicits negative emotional appraisals such as guilt that potentially spoil entertainment experiences. Currently, a systematic integration of self-control and entertainment theory is direly needed to guide future work in this area. The goals of the present chapter are thus threefold: (1) It provides a theoretical explication of the central components of self-control and subsequently (2) introduces the appraisal of media use, self-control, and entertainment (AMUSE) model. The AMUSE model systematizes the available empirical evidence on the role of self-control for the selection, processing, and effects of (entertaining) media content and, on this basis, the chapter (3) provides testable propositions for future research.
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APA:
Reinecke, L., & Meier, A. (2021). Media entertainment as guilty pleasure? The appraisal of media use, self-control, and entertainment (AMUSE) model. In P. Vorderer & C. Klimmt (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory. (pp. 203-230). Oxford University Press.
MLA:
Reinecke, Leonard, and Adrian Meier. "Media entertainment as guilty pleasure? The appraisal of media use, self-control, and entertainment (AMUSE) model." The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory. Ed. P. Vorderer & C. Klimmt, Oxford University Press, 2021. 203-230.
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