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Appreciation and enjoyment of meaningful entertainment

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2013
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Hofer, M. (2013). Appreciation and enjoyment of meaningful entertainment. Journal of Media Psychology, 25(3), 109–117. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000089

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Appreciation is an audience response associated with entertainment portrayals concerned with the meaning of life and human existence. Appreciation has been shown to be conceptually and empirically different from enjoyment, which is characterized as pleasure and fun. Drawing upon terror management theory, this research investigates first the influence of reminders of one’s own death on appreciation and enjoyment of a meaningful film and second, the influence of the search for meaning in one’s life on these outcomes. Results of an exper

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  • Hofer, Matthias
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25

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3

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109

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117

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Applied Psychology, Communication, Social Psychology

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English

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2013

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2014-02-20

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1864-1105

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181 since deposited on 2014-02-20
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Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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Hofer, M. (2013). Appreciation and enjoyment of meaningful entertainment. Journal of Media Psychology, 25(3), 109–117. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000089

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