Enjoyment: At the Heart of Media Entertainment

By Peter Vorderer, Christoph Klimmt, Ute Ritterfeld. 2004

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

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360° Video Journalism: Experimental Study on the Effect of Immersion on News Experience and Distant Suffering (2019, background): “Uses and gratifications theory has identified enjoyment as a primary reason for media use (Sherry 2004); however, most studies link enjoyment to entertainment media (e.g. Vorderer, Klimmt, and Ritterfeld 2004; Tamborini et al. 2010).”
Need Satisfaction Supportive Game Features as Motivational Determinants: An Experimental Study of a Self-Determination Theory Guided Exergame (2012, background): “Antecedents of media enjoyment include three major parts (Vorderer et al., 2004).”
Parasocial interactions with real and virtual influencers: The role of perceived similarity and human-likeness (2022, background): “As parasocial phenomena are regarded as central prerequisites of media entertainment (Green et al., 2004; Vorderer et al., 2004), they have been shown to also predict higher levels of media enjoyment —one of the most crucial aspects of people’s media experience (Dibble and Rosaen, 2011; Hartmann et…”
Development and validation of the player experience inventory: A scale to measure player experiences at the level of functional and psychosocial consequences (2020, background): “…and Bennett (1971), immersion Brown and Cairns (2004); Ermi and Mäyrä (2005), cognitive absorption Agarwal and Karahanna (2000), presence Bracken and Skalski (2010); Takatalo et al. (2010); Tamborini and Bowman (2010) or simply enjoyment Mekler et al. (2014); Vorderer et al. (2004).”
Engagement in digital entertainment games: A systematic review (2012, background): “For example, the model of media enjoyment proposed by Vorderer et al. (2004) placed subjective experience at the heart of media enjoyment but claimed that a comprehensive account of media enjoyment should also consider the antecedents of enjoyment such as motives and player and game prerequisites…”
The Lens of Intrinsic Skill Atoms: A Method for Gameful Design (2015, background): “Simply put, motivation describes the psychological “processes that direct and ener-gize behavior” (Reeve, 2009, p. 8), whereas enjoyment describes a complex of positively valued experiences and connected physiological-affective-cognitive states (Vorderer, Klimmt, & Ritterfeld, 2004).”
Beyond pleasure: Exploring the eudaimonic entertainment experience. (2012, background): “According to Waterman (1993), who posits a rather broad understanding of the concept, eudaimonic well-being can be equated with personal expressiveness, the actualization of human potentials, and activities that are congruent with deeply held values.”
The role of psychology in understanding the impact of computer games (2011, background): “[18] model of media enjoyment provides a more structured and integrated account of media enjoy-”
Defining Media Enjoyment as the Satisfaction of Intrinsic Needs (2010, background): “Vorderer et al. (2004) describe the diverse manifestations of enjoyment related to comedy, melodrama, and media aesthetics.”
Audience involvement and film tourism experiences: emotional places, emotional experiences. (2011, background): “Vorderer, Klimt, and Frittered (2004) call this process ‘a temporary suspension of disbelief’ of mediated fictional world of popular media programming, which allow audiences to have more intense entertainment experience.”