Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences of TV Theme Nights and Their Relationships With Political Information Processing and Engagement

IF 3.2 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI:10.1177/00936502251339691

Frank M. Schneider, Anne Bartsch, Larissa Leonhard, Anea Meinert

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Can fictional entertainment foster political information processing and engagement, and if so, how? A German national telephone survey ( N Study1 = 905) and two online surveys ( N Study2 = 877; N Study3 = 1,018) were conducted to extend prior experimental research by examining unforced exposure to full-length media stimuli in real-world settings, using representative surveys, and including self-reports of actual behavior after exposure. Survey participants were interviewed about television theme nights (i.e., a combination of subsequent entertainment and information programs on the same topic) to examine direct and indirect relationships between eudaimonic entertainment experiences (i.e., moving and thought-provoking experiences) and politically relevant outcomes. As expected, feeling moved by a movie positively correlated with reflective thoughts, which, in turn, were associated with issue interest, subjective knowledge, and willingness to participate politically across all three studies. Additional relationships of feeling moved and reflective thoughts with information seeking, objective knowledge, and interpersonal discussion emerged for some but not all studies.

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电视主题夜的情感娱乐体验及其与政治信息加工和参与的关系

虚构的娱乐能够促进政治信息的处理和参与吗？如果可以，又是如何做到的？一项德国全国电话调查（N Study1 = 905）和两项在线调查(N Study2 = 877；N Study3 = 1018)是为了扩展先前的实验研究，通过使用代表性调查，并包括暴露后实际行为的自我报告，研究了在现实环境中非被迫暴露于全长媒体刺激的情况。调查参与者接受了关于电视主题之夜（即，随后的娱乐和同一主题的信息节目的组合）的采访，以检查快乐的娱乐体验（即，感人和发人深省的经历）与政治相关结果之间的直接和间接关系。不出所料，在所有三项研究中，被电影感动的感觉与反思思想呈正相关，而反思思想又与问题兴趣、主观知识和参与政治的意愿相关。在一些但不是所有的研究中都出现了情感感动和反思思想与信息寻求、客观知识和人际讨论的额外关系。

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