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 …

A primary argument for the widespread production of media violence is that audiences want
to watch violent content. This assumption is examined in this meta-analytic review of existing …

Linking back to, the present approach conceptualizes and empirically examines viewers'
parasocial interaction experience with a TV performer. Causes and outcomes of parasocial …

Der vorliegende Band ist ein Teil meiner Habilitationsleistung an der
sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 1 Neben …

In his seminal work The Effects of Mass Communication, Klapper (1960) reviewed decades
of research on mass communication to conclude that fi rst, the mass media appear to have …

Horror entertainment is a thriving and paradoxical industry. Who are the consumers of
horror, and why do they seek out frightening media? We provide support for the threat …

Based on the uses and gratifications perspective, personality was expected to relate to
violent video game play frequency and game preferences. Participants completed measures …

In video game market, there have been diverse user-generated contents related to game
information. Users, therefore, can obtain game-related information not only from traditional …

Research has consistently shown that males play violent video games more frequently than
females, but factors underlying this gender gap have not been examined to date. This …

본 연구는 메이저 동영상 콘텐츠로 떠오르는 브이로그, ASMR, 먹방 콘텐츠를 '욕구 충족 영상
콘텐츠'로 새롭게 개념 규정하고, 이용과 충족 이론 관점에서 수용자의 이용 동기 및 …