This is the first comprehensive theoretical article on aesthetic emotions. Following Kant's
definition, we propose that it is the first and foremost characteristic of aesthetic emotions to …

Why do we watch and like horror films? Despite a century of horror film making and
entertainment, little research has examined the human motivation to watch fictional horror …

Emotions are centered in subjective experiences that people represent, in part, with
hundreds, if not thousands, of semantic terms. Claims about the distribution of reported …

Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

The Multimodal Sentiment Analysis Challenge (MuSe) 2022 is dedicated to multimodal
sentiment and emotion recognition. For this year's challenge, we feature three datasets:(i) …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

The essence of entertainment television is that it can delight and enlighten “through the
exhibition of the fortunes and misfortunes of others…”(Zillmann & Bryant, 2002, p. 437). In …

The influence of the media remains a contentious issue. Every time a particularly high-profile
crime of violence is committed, there are those who blame the effects of the media. The …

There is no end of talk and of wondering about'art'and'the arts.'This book examines a
number of questions about the arts (broadly defined to include all of the arts). Some of these …

" The purpose of this book is to introduce criminal justice and other social science students
to the field of terrorism and homeland security. This book is also meant to provide a …