The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media (Paperback)

1. Emotions and Mass Media: An Interdisciplinary Approach Katrin Doveling, Christian von Scheve, and Elly A. Konijn  Part I: Emotions and Mass Media: From Motives and Consequences to Meaning and Measurement  2. The Descent of Emotions in Media: Darwinian Perspectives Frank Schwab and Clemens Schwender 3. From Noise to Nucleus: Emotion as Key Construct in Processing Media Messages Elly A. Konijn and Jelte M. ten Holt 4. Affective and Emotional Consequences of the Mass Media Christopher P. Barlett and Douglas A. Gentile 5. The Measurement of Positive and Negative Affect in Media Research Annie Lang and David R. Ewoldsen Part II: The Entertaining Experiences of Emotions through Mass Media  6. Mechanisms of Emotional Reactivity to Media Entertainments Dolf Zillmann 7. Media-based Emotional Coping: Examining the Emotional Benefits and Pitfalls of Media Consumption Robin L. Nabi, Jiyeon So, and Abby Prestin 8. Tragic and Poignant Entertainment: The Gratifications of Meaningfulness as Emotional Response Mary Beth Oliver and Julia K. Woolley 9. Fear Reactions and the Mass Media Joanne Cantor 10. Media Enjoyment as a Function of Affective Dispositions toward and Moral Judgment of Characters Arthur A. Raney  Part III: Mass Media, Politics, and Public Emotions  11. Emotion, Media, and the Global Village Ross Buck and Stacie Renfro Powers 12. Nonverbal Communication, Emotion, and Political Evaluation Erik P. Bucy 13. Disaster News and Public Emotions Mervi Pantti 14. Emotion in Persuasion and Risk Communication Monique M. Turner 15. Creating Fear: Transforming Terrorist Attacks into Control and Consumption David L. Altheide  Part IV:Features, Forms, and Functions: Emotions Beyond the Message  16. The Influence of Form and Presentation Attributes of Media on Emotion Benjamin H. Detenber and Annie Lang 17. Effects of Presentation and Editing on Emotional Responses of Viewers: The Example of TV-News Dagmar C. Unz 18. Visual Emotions - Emotional Visuals. Emotions, Pathos Formulae, and their Relevance for Communication Research Marion G. Mueller and Arvid Kappas 19. Reactive and Reflective Responses to Mass Media Gerald C. Cupchik  Part V: Emotions and Next Generation Media  20. Using automated facial expression analysis for emotion and behavior prediction Sun Joo Ahn, Jeremy Bailenson, Jesse Fox, and Maria Jabon 21. Emotionally-Resonant Media: Advances in Sensing, Understanding and Influencing Human Emotion through Interactive Media Jonathan Gratch 22. Virtual Interface Agents that Adapt to User Emotion and Interest Helmut Prendinger and Mitsuru Ishizuka  Subject index