Reading Realism: Audiences' Evaluations of the Reality of Media Texts
- A. Hall
- Psychology
- 1 December 2003
Forty-seven young adults participated in a series of focus group interviews designed to investigate how audiences conceptualize media realism. Contrasts in the way realism was defined and applied in…
Viewers' Perceptions of Reality Programs
- A. Hall
- Psychology
- 1 June 2006
This article describes a series of focus group interviews of young adults about reality programs. The interviews were conducted to investigate audiences' understandings of the nature, realism, and…
Audience Personality and the Selection of Media and Media Genres
- A. Hall
- Psychology
- 1 November 2005
The impact of personality characteristics (Extraversion, Neuroticism, Psychoticism) on audiences' use of movies, television, and radio, and on genre preferences within these media was explored.…
Perceptions of the Authenticity of Reality Programs and Their Relationships to Audience Involvement, Enjoyment, and Perceived Learning
- A. Hall
- Psychology
- 23 November 2009
This survey study investigated whether viewer perceptions of reality programs' authenticity were associated with involvement, enjoyment, and perceived learning. Four dimensions of perceived…
Film reviews and the public's perceptions of stereotypes: Movie critics' discourse about the siege
- A. Hall
- Sociology
- 1 September 2001
This paper investigates the public discourse surrounding the representation of cultural and ethnic groups in U.S. entertainment media by examining movie reviews of a specific film. It examines the…
What's going on? Age, distraction, and multitasking during online survey taking
- Lara Zwarun, A. Hall
- PsychologyComputers in Human Behavior
- 1 December 2014
What can we learn from the study of twins about genetic and environmental influences on interpersonal affiliation, aggressiveness, and social anxiety?: a meta-analytic study
- M. J. Beatty, A. D. Heisel, A. Hall, T. Levine, Betty H. La France
- Psychology
- 1 March 2002
Over the past ten years, studies comparing monozygotic (identical) and dizygotic (fraternal) twin pairs in terms of intelligence, personality, and social behavior have increasingly appeared in major…
Entertainment-Oriented Gratifications of Sports Media: Contributors to Suspense, Hedonic Enjoyment, and Appreciation
- A. Hall
- Psychology
- 3 April 2015
This survey study investigated contributors to viewers' hedonic enjoyment, appreciation, and emotional responses to a televised baseball game. There was an indirect relationship between athlete…
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