Appreciation as Audience Response: Exploring Entertainment Gratifications beyond Hedonism.

By Mary Beth Oliver, Anne Bartsch. 2010

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Balancing on the Creative Highwire (2016, methodology): “First, to capture liking, audience members were asked to rate the video they watched on three items adapted from Oliver and Bartsch’s (2010) measure of audience appreciation for entertainment experiences: “I [liked, appreciated, enjoyed] this video” (α = .”
Emotional Gratification in Entertainment Experience. Why Viewers of Movies and Television Series Find it Rewarding to Experience Emotions (2012, background): “…Oliver & Hartmann, 2010) suggests that reflective entertainment experiences are often associated with mixed emotions of both positive and negative valence, which might explain the inconsistent findings that were obtained by Oliver and Bartsch (2010) using basic measures of valence and arousal.”
Elevation in Response to Entertainment Portrayals of Moral Virtue (2012, background): “Rather, scholars now seem to recognize that although such entertainment may not be enjoyed in terms of positive valence, it may nevertheless be deeply gratifying and hence appreciated (Oliver & Bartsch, 2010).”
The Use of Media Entertainment and Emotional Gratification (2010, background): “Besides fun and suspense, a third factor appreciation emerged that was characterized by “the perception of deeper meaning, the feeling of being moved, and the motivation to elaborate on thoughts and feelings inspired by the experience” (Oliver & Bartsch, 2010, p. 76).”
Identification with characters and narrative persuasion through fictional feature films (2010, background): “Currently, some authors have posited that a more suitable concept for referring to individuals’ reactions to film productions is that of appreciation, given that the expression “I enjoyed this movie” can mean different things to different people (Oliver, 2008; Oliver and Bartsch, 2010).”
Entertainment as Pleasurable and Meaningful: Identifying Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motivations for Entertainment Consumption (2011, background): “Indeed, in part to highlight this argument, Oliver and Bartsch (2010) recently argued that the term ‘‘appreciation’’ may be a better descriptor of the gratifications associated with the experience of more moving or meaningful entertainment (see also Vorderer & Ritterfeld, 2009).”