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Appreciation and Enjoyment of Meaningful Entertainment
Matthias Höfer
Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications (2013) Vol. 25, Iss. 3, pp. 109-117
Closed Access | Times Cited: 53

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Negative emotions in tourism: a meaningful analysis
Jeroen Nawijn, Avital Biran
Current Issues in Tourism (2018) Vol. 22, Iss. 19, pp. 2386-2398
Closed Access | Times Cited: 177

More Than Stories With Buttons: Narrative, Mechanics, and Context as Determinants of Player Experience in Digital Games
Malte Elson, Johannes Breuer, James Ivory, et al.
Journal of Communication (2014) Vol. 64, Iss. 3, pp. 521-542
Open Access | Times Cited: 101

The relationship between elevation, connectedness, and compassionate love in meaningful films.
Sophie H. Janicke‐Bowles, Mary Beth Oliver
Psychology of Popular Media Culture (2015) Vol. 6, Iss. 3, pp. 274-289
Closed Access | Times Cited: 85

Morality Predicts Enjoyment But Not Appreciation of Morally Ambiguous Characters
Allison Eden, Serena Daalmans, Benjamin K. Johnson
Media Psychology (2016) Vol. 20, Iss. 3, pp. 349-373
Open Access | Times Cited: 76

Appreciation in the Face of Death: Meaningful Films Buffer Against Death-Related Anxiety
Diana Rieger, Lena Frischlich, Fabia Högden, et al.
Journal of Communication (2015) Vol. 65, Iss. 2, pp. 351-372
Closed Access | Times Cited: 61

Entertainment and Expanding Boundaries of the Self: Relief From the Constraints of the Everyday
Benjamin K. Johnson, Michael D. Slater, Nathaniel A. Silver, et al.
Journal of Communication (2016) Vol. 66, Iss. 3, pp. 386-408
Closed Access | Times Cited: 51

Poignancy and Mediated Wisdom of Experience: Narrative Impacts on Willingness to Accept Delayed Rewards
Michael D. Slater, Mary Beth Oliver, Markus Appel
Communication Research (2016) Vol. 46, Iss. 3, pp. 333-354
Closed Access | Times Cited: 49

Unravelling Fear of Death Motives in Dark Tourism
Avital Biran, Dorina Buda
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (2018), pp. 515-532
Open Access | Times Cited: 38

How Movies Can Ease the Fear of Death: The Survival or Death of the Protagonists in Meaningful Movies
Diana Rieger, Matthias Höfer
Mass Communication & Society (2017) Vol. 20, Iss. 5, pp. 710-733
Closed Access | Times Cited: 36

Blissed by the past: Theorizing media-induced nostalgia as an audience response factor for entertainment and well-being
Tim Wulf, Diana Rieger, Josephine B. Schmitt
Poetics (2018) Vol. 69, pp. 70-80
Closed Access | Times Cited: 36

Meaning‐oriented consumption: A systematic review and research agenda
Surabhi Jain, Ranjan Banerjee, Ruppal Walia Sharma
International Journal of Consumer Studies (2023) Vol. 47, Iss. 6, pp. 2305-2334
Closed Access | Times Cited: 10

A Pathway to Thai Soft Power: An Exploration of Soft Power Proposals in Post-COVID Thailand
Thanayod Lopattananont, Passawan Korakotchamas
(2025) Vol. 20, Iss. 1
Closed Access

Benevolent Creativity Buffers Anxiety Aroused by Mortality Salience: Terror Management in COVID-19 Pandemic
Yu-Xin Cui, Xiang Zhou, Chong Zu, et al.
Frontiers in Psychology (2020) Vol. 11
Open Access | Times Cited: 21

Mediated Wisdom of Experience Revisited: Delay Discounting, Acceptance of Death, and Closeness to Future Self
Michael D. Slater, Mary Beth Oliver, Markus Appel, et al.
Human Communication Research (2017) Vol. 44, Iss. 1, pp. 80-101
Closed Access | Times Cited: 23

The memory remains: How heavy metal fans buffer against the fear of death.
Julia Kneer, Diana Rieger
Psychology of Popular Media Culture (2015) Vol. 5, Iss. 3, pp. 258-272
Closed Access | Times Cited: 22

Experiences of upward social comparison in entertainment contexts: Emotions, state self-esteem, and enjoyment
Nicky Lewis
The Social Science Journal (2019) Vol. 58, Iss. 3, pp. 339-354
Closed Access | Times Cited: 19

Eudaimonic Media in Lived Experience: Retrospective Responses to Eudaimonic vs. Non-Eudaimonic Films
Jared M. Ott, Naomi Q. P. Tan, Michael D. Slater
Mass Communication & Society (2021) Vol. 24, Iss. 5, pp. 725-747
Closed Access | Times Cited: 16

Spiritual Media Experiences, Trait Transcendence, and Enjoyment of Popular Films
Sophie H. Janicke‐Bowles, Srividya Ramasubramanian
Journal of Media and Religion (2017) Vol. 16, Iss. 2, pp. 51-66
Closed Access | Times Cited: 18

Chapter 12. Absorption and meaningfulness
Mary Beth Oliver, Arienne Ferchaud, Chun Yang, et al.
Linguistic approaches to literature (2017), pp. 253-269
Closed Access | Times Cited: 17

An Integrative Terror Management Theory Perspective on Media Effects: A Model and 12 Hypotheses for Research
Richard M. Perloff
Studies in Media and Communication (2016) Vol. 4, Iss. 1
Open Access | Times Cited: 15

Factorial Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Appreciation, Fun, and Suspense Scales Across US-American and German Samples
Frank M. Schneider, Anne Bartsch, Mary Beth Oliver
Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications (2017) Vol. 31, Iss. 3, pp. 149-156
Closed Access | Times Cited: 16

Reducing homophobia in college students through film appreciation
Goran Madžarević, María T. Soto-Sanfiel
Journal of LGBT Youth (2018) Vol. 16, Iss. 1, pp. 18-37
Closed Access | Times Cited: 15

Staying-at-Home with Tragedy: Self-expansion Through Narratives Promotes Positive Coping with Identity Threat
Guan‐Soon Khoo, Jeeyun Oh, Soya Nah
Human Communication Research (2021) Vol. 47, Iss. 3, pp. 309-334
Open Access | Times Cited: 12

Media Enjoyment: A Synthesis
Karyn Riddle, Xining Liao, Matt Minich
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (2022) Vol. 66, Iss. 4, pp. 592-622
Closed Access | Times Cited: 8

Reaching Goals and Doing Good: Exploring Consumer Responses to Meaningful Advertisements
Linwan Wu, Naa Amponsah Dodoo
Journal of Promotion Management (2017) Vol. 23, Iss. 4, pp. 592-613
Closed Access | Times Cited: 11

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