This chapter reviews energy communication, an emerging subfield of communication
studies that examines the role of energy in society, and argues that it is dominated by a crisis …

Introduction to Positive Media Psychology summarizes and synthesizes the key concepts,
theories, and empirical findings on the positive emotional, cognitive, and behavioral effects …

The antihero prevails in recent American drama television series. Characters such as
mobster kingpin Tony Soprano (The Sopranos), meth cook and gangster-in-the-making …

Anecdotal evidence asserts that extremist materials on the internet play a decisive role in
radicalization processes. However, due to a structural absence of empirical data in the …

Several researchers have demonstrated that the virtual behaviors committed in a video
game can elicit feelings of guilt. Researchers have proposed that such guilt could have …

This article presents a dual-process model of media entertainment representing 2
psychological appraisal processes, and examines how these processes evoke appreciation …

Recent research has attempted to describe meaningful experiences with entertainment
media that go beyond hedonic enjoyment. Most of this research focuses on noninteractive …

The way we communicate with each other is vital to preserving the cultural ecology, or
wellbeing, of a place and time. Do we listen to each other? Do we ask the right questions …

Emerging research on video games has suggested that feelings of both enjoyment and
meaningfulness can be elicited from gameplay. Studies have shown enjoyment and …

Norm violations in comments on social networking sites have raised concerns about the
climate of political discourse. In this article, we analyze how comment characteristics and …