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- Publications
- Influence
Measuring Narrative Engagement
- Rick W. Busselle, Helena Bilandzic
- Psychology
- 23 November 2009
Research indicates that the extent to which one becomes engaged, transported, or immersed in a narrative influences the narrative's potential to affect subsequent story-related attitudes and beliefs.… Expand
Fictionality and Perceived Realism in Experiencing Stories: A Model of Narrative Comprehension and Engagement
- Rick W. Busselle, Helena Bilandzic
- Philosophy
- 1 May 2008
This article offers a theoretical framework to explain circumstances under which perceptions of “unrealness” affect engagement in narratives and subsequent perceived realism judgments. A mental… Expand
Transportation and Transportability in the Cultivation of Genre-Consistent Attitudes and Estimates
- Helena Bilandzic, Rick W. Busselle
- Psychology
- 1 September 2008
The concept of transportation into narrative (Green & Brock, 2002) is used to gain new insights into cultivation processes. A theoretical framework is developed where cultivation is seen as the… Expand
Television Exposure, Perceived Realism, and Exemplar Accessibility in the Social Judgment Process
- Rick W. Busselle
- Psychology
- 1 February 2001
This article explores the role of exemplar accessibility in Shrum's (1996) heuristic processing model of cultivation effects. Specifically, the study tested whether television exposure and perceived… Expand
Enjoyment of films as a function of narrative experience, perceived realism and transportability
- Helena Bilandzic, Rick W. Busselle
- Psychology
- 2011
Abstract This study investigates the relations between narrative experiences (transportation, identification, immersion and telepresence) and film enjoyment, and explores the possibility that… Expand
Media Exposure and Exemplar Accessibility
- Rick W. Busselle, L. J. Shrum
- Engineering
- 1 August 2003
This study investigated the relation between television exposure and the ease with which individuals can retrieve examples of social events. Ninety-six college students were prompted to think of… Expand
The Nature of Television Realism Judgments: A Reevaluation of Their Conceptualization and Measurement
- Rick W. Busselle, Bradley S. Greenberg
- Psychology
- 1 August 2000
In this article, we review previous conceptualizations of perceived reality judgments of television content. We argue that the perceived reality literature suffers from conceptual inconsistencies… Expand
Television Exposure, Parents' Precautionary Warnings, and Young Adults' Perceptions of Crime
- Rick W. Busselle
- Psychology, Computer Science
- Commun. Res.
- 1 October 2003
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Television Viewing and Perceptions About Race Differences in Socioeconomic Success
- Rick W. Busselle, Heather Crandall
- Psychology
- 1 June 2002
Content analyses indicate two predominant portrayals of African Americans in U.S. television: comfortable and successful, or unemployed and criminal. It is argued that this dichotomized presentation… Expand
Soap Operas and Sexual Activity: A Decade Later
- Bradley S. Greenberg, Rick W. Busselle
- Psychology
- 1 December 1996