Mood Adjustment via Mass Communication

By S. Knobloch. 2003

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Role of a Narrative's Emotional Flow in Promoting Persuasive Outcomes (2015, unknown): “Yet, surprisingly, there is minimal research that discusses the extent to which media content forms the basis of conversation (although, as noted earlier, see the two-step flow model of communication; Katz & Lazarsfeld, 1955) and the role of emotion in that process.”
Development of Coping Strategies From Childhood to Adolescence: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Trends (2018, background): “Media use may be a helpful strategy to distract from the immediate impact of a stressful social interaction (Knobloch, 2003).”
Entertainment as Pleasurable and Meaningful: Identifying Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motivations for Entertainment Consumption (2011, background): “Further, some scholars have outlined a number of potential benefits that individuals may perceive in maintaining (rather than alleviating) bad moods, including empathizing with others, working hard, or enhancing problem solving, among other benefits (Parrott, 1993; see also Knobloch, 2003).”
Media and Emotions (2005, background): “Besides the hedonistic motive, one should take into particular consideration the instrumental motive (Erber, Wegner, & Therriault, 1996; Knobloch, 2003; Mares & Cantor, 1992; O’Neal & Taylor, 1989) or eudaimonic incentives for action (Ryan & Deci, 2001; Waterman, 1993; for an overview see Schramm & ”
Mood Adjustment to Social Situations Through Mass Media Use: How Men Ruminate and Women Dissipate Angry Moods (2006, methodology): “Supporting evidence (Knobloch, 2003) has been presented based on a procedure in which anticipated tasks were to be performed individually.”
Stressful Life Events, Motives for Internet Use, and Social Support Among Digital Kids (2007, unknown): “28 With the ubiquitous nature of many new media technologies and a wide assortment of enter-tainment available on the Internet via mobile devices, this mood-regulating content is becoming more and more accessible and convenient.”
News Selection Patterns as a Function of Race: The Discerning Minority and the Indiscriminating Majority (2008, background): “Several models that serve to predict exposure patterns have been established within this framework, for example, informational utility (Knobloch-Westerwick, in press), mood management ( Zillmann, 1988 ), and mood adjustment ( Knobloch, 2003 ).”
Podcasts and Productivity: A Qualitative Uses and Gratifications Study (2018, background): “Whereas mood management theory explains how individuals optimize affect and arousal (Zillmann, 1988) and mood adjustment accounts for how people regulate affect and arousal in preparation for upcoming tasks (Knobloch, 2003), the regulation taking place here occurs simultaneously with the multitaskin”
Enjoyment: At the Heart of Media Entertainment (2004, background): “It also has elicited the most empirical research (Knobloch, 2003a), that is, the motive to regulate one’s own moods by modifying one’s own stimulus environment.”