在幻想中寻求庇护:怀旧娱乐体验的恐怖管理功能

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Communication Monographs Pub Date : 2021-08-09 DOI:10.1080/03637751.2021.1962933

J. A. Bonus, H. Wing, Judy Watts

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摘要

摘要利用恐惧管理理论(TMT)，三个实验考察了死亡威胁对怀旧娱乐体验的影响。研究1 (N = 98)验证了用于引发三种不同类型威胁的刺激:死亡、孤立和疾病。研究2 (N = 464)发现这些威胁对参与者的娱乐偏好没有影响。与TMT一致，研究3 (N = 906)发现，当参与者在死亡威胁下观看电影时，他们会体验到更深的感激和安慰感。然而，这些效果只出现在带有怀旧特质的轻松电影中(如皮克斯的《玩具总动员》)，而不会出现在带有死亡相关主题的有意义的电影中(如皮克斯的《勇往直前》)。研究结果表明，娱乐理论家需要采用更广泛的意义概念化。

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Finding refuge in reverie: The terror management function of nostalgic entertainment experiences

ABSTRACT Drawing on terror management theory (TMT), three experiments examined the impact of mortality threat on nostalgic entertainment experiences. Study 1 (N = 98) validated the stimuli used to elicit three different types of threat: mortality, isolation, and illness. Study 2 (N = 464) found no impact of these threats on participants’ entertainment preferences. Consistent with TMT, Study 3 (N = 906) found that participants experienced a deeper sense of appreciation and solace when they watched a movie under mortality threat. However, these effects only occurred for a lighthearted movie with nostalgic qualities (i.e., Pixar’s Toy Story) and not for a meaningful movie with death-related themes (i.e., Pixar’s Onward). The results illustrated the need for entertainment theorists to adopt a more expansive conceptualization of meaningfulness.

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期刊介绍： Communication Monographs, published in March, June, September & December, reports original, theoretically grounded research dealing with human symbolic exchange across the broad spectrum of interpersonal, group, organizational, cultural and mediated contexts in which such activities occur. The scholarship reflects diverse modes of inquiry and methodologies that bear on the ways in which communication is shaped and functions in human interaction. The journal endeavours to publish the highest quality communication social science manuscripts that are grounded theoretically. The manuscripts aim to expand, qualify or integrate existing theory or additionally advance new theory. The journal is not restricted to particular theoretical or methodological perspectives.