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A Process Model of the Formation of Spatial Presence Experiences
In order to bridge interdisciplinary differences in Presence research and to establish connections between Presence and “older” concepts of psychology and communication, a theoretical model of the…
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Enjoyment: At the Heart of Media Entertainment
This article suggests an integrated view of media entertainment that is capable of covering more of the dimensional complexity and dynamics of entertainment experiences than existing theories do.…
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It’s okay to shoot a character: Moral disengagement in violent video games
What makes virtual violence enjoyable rather than aversive? Two 2×2 experiments tested the assumption that moral disengagement cues provided by a violent video game’s narrative and game play lessen…
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Media entertainment: The psychology of its appeal.
Contents: Preface. D. Zillmann, The Coming of Media Entertainment. P. Vorderer, Interactive Entertainment and Beyond. D. Zillmann, Humor and Comedy. P. Vorderer, S. Knobloch, Conflict and Suspense in…
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The Video Game Experience as “True” Identification: A Theory of Enjoyable Alterations of Players' Self‐Perception
This article introduces an explication of video game players' identification with a game character or role that is based on social-psychological models of self-perception. Contrasting with…
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Explaining the enjoyment of playing video games: the role of competition
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Empirical evidence for the role of competition in the playing process and the impact of competitiveness for selective exposure to computer games is reported from a field experiment and an online survey study.
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Measuring the experience of digital game enjoyment
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This book aims to provide a history of information technology in the 21st Century by exploring its role in the development of art, culture, and society.
Interactive entertainment and beyond
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Identification with the Player Character as Determinant of Video Game Enjoyment
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A pilot experiment with players of "Battlefield 2" supports the assumptions on the relationships between interactivity, identification, and game enjoyment and implications for research and applications in entertainment computing are discussed.
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Serious games : mechanisms and effects
Foreword Ben Sawyer PART I. Serious Games: Explication of an Oxymoron Introduction Ute Ritterfeld, Michael Cody & Peter Vorderer Classifying serious games Rabindra Ratan & Ute Ritterfeld Enjoyment of…
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