Although a great deal of research has examined the potential negative effects Facebook, studies also show that Facebook use can lead to various positive effects. This study builds on this scholarship: together, two presented herein aim provide an understanding inspirational content available and way social media users in United States encounter, recall, interact with content. Results from quantitative analysis Study 1 posts contain similar frequencies hope appreciation beauty excellent...

Recent literature suggests that affective disposition theory (ADT) has difficulty explaining the appeal of protagonists sometimes do bad things. We addressed this issue by integrating logic from attribution with ADT. Three studies examined whether causal factors identified in theory's covariation model (consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency) affected internal/external attributions (for a character's harmful behavior) to shape liking for characters seen inflicting extreme harm. In Study...

Cloud computing has aroused wide research interests and been accepted by industry. Services are playing the essential role in cloud as refers to "both applications delivered services over Internet hardware systems software datacenters that provide those services". Therefore, service-oriented architecture should play an important computing. In addition, one of characteristics is make available on demand. Given a group services, different demands may involve set order. This related reuse...

Retrospective imaginative involvement (RII) describes people's asynchronous cognitive with a narrative. Accordingly, RII focuses on what people do narratives (and how they think about them) after the original story has ended. is conceptualized in keeping model of narrative comprehension and engagement theory expanding boundaries self. The current paper explores implications these theories for by looking at relation to characters, events, universe, backstory. results demonstrate that...

To distinguish and systematically categorize message content emphasized by children's educational media, we applied a coding scheme based on the model of intuitive motivation exemplars to sample television series recommended CommonSenseMedia.org. Results revealed preponderance egoistic competence (overall in TV emphasizing scholastic learning) altruistic care (in social skills). By applying comprehensive human motivations identify values different types television, this study may help...

Abstract Retrospective imaginative involvement (RII) is a concept that encapsulates how audiences reflect back on narrative’s characters and events after the story has ended. The current study aims to explicate antecedents of RII in order provide initial steps toward creating theory RII. Through two studies, we tested role familiarity, traits (e.g., curiosity), entertainment experiences broadly parasocial relationships), content- or exposure-specific boundary expansion). Results suggest...

When audiences watch a movie, we can examine the similarities among their brain activity via inter-subject correlation (ISC) analysis. This study examines how strength of ISC (how similarly brains respond) varies over course Pixar short film: specifically comparing this across exposition, rising action, climax/fall out, and resolution sections story. We focus on in mentalizing network, often linked to social-cognitive processes that are essential narrative engagement. find rises from...

Extant research suggests that young audiences often misinterpret narratives' moral messages, potentially limiting the ability of narratives to serve as effective purveyors lessons. Yet questions remain regarding whether audiences' inability extract messages from is due limitations in their comprehension, types values emphasized by stimuli previous studies, or variance study measurement what counts an "accurate" extraction a moral. The present offers approach for answering these investigating...

Abstract Sensor-based technologies (SBTs) allow users to track biometric data and feature interactions that foster social support. The support from SBTs can increase intrinsic motivation engage in sustain positive health behaviors. Guided by technological affordances self-determination theory, this study tested the long-term efficacy of an ecosystem strengthen for children’s behavior change, perceived relatedness, physical activity (PA) attitudes. This integrated Fitbits tracking each...

The current study examined how parasocial relationships with both original (i.e., newly created and unfamiliar) unoriginal previously existing familiar) characters nostalgia-proneness can influence audience selection enjoyment of movie adaptations. In an experiment, participants were exposed to storyboards previewing movies that could potentially be adapted from cartoon television shows become future movies. manipulated have either or characters. Afterward, reported much they enjoyed felt...

Applying a dual-process rationale, this study explored the cognitive and affective mechanisms involved in processing of hedonic versus eudaimonic film clips their putatively distinct inspirational effects. The two types narratives were operationalized terms complete incomplete goal satisfaction endings. Participants either watched final boxing match from <em>Rocky</em>, where protagonist loses fight, but achieves self-mastery finds love (eudaimonic narrative) or <em>Rocky...

Recent research suggests that political beliefs in different geographic locations shape religious groups’ sensitivity toward and representation of moral intuitions. Guided by foundations theory, we test this possibility with content analysis. We compared intuitions represented church sermons one denomination located counties liberal versus conservative voting records. Fifty-eight based on identical biblical texts were selected from churches 28 30 throughout the United States. Chi-square...

Previous research demonstrated that exposure to news of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, France increased salience moral intuitions associated with respect for authority and purity a sample U.S. participants. The present study attempted replicate this finding domestic terrorism by examining effect 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada music festival shooting. Approximately three weeks before Vegas shooting occurred, participants (N = 195) drawn from population similar original completed survey...

Four studies examine the appeal of protagonists who are sometimes immoral in real-world (Studies 1 & 2) and fictional 3 4) settings. In both, character is influenced by combination moral/immoral behaviors a protagonist performs their behavior relative to another person’s (i.e., moral superiority/inferiority). Additionally, Study 2 examines effect (moral/immoral vs. highly self-beneficial) on appeal, finding that if two equally immoral, one elsewise behaves morally at times more appealing...

Abstract: Prosocial and antisocial media content effects have been a major focus of scholars. Given this importance, we might expect the terms prosocial to be well defined in context. Yet, these as they describe do not definitions that are widely shared by We reason definitional ambiguity has introduced error into efforts understand effects. As such, argue need for scholars studying topics use coherent, clear, commonly terms. With mind, offer definition based on upholding violation...

Content analysis is the go-to method for understanding how social characters, such as public figures or movie are portrayed in media messages. It an indispensable to investigate character-related processes and effects. However, conducting large-scale content-analytic studies a taxing expensive endeavor that requires hours of coder training incurs substantial costs. This problem particularly acute video-based media, where coders often have exert extensive time energy watch interpret dynamic...

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes social work students toward both mentally ill offenders and general population prisoners. used a convenience sample 125 students. were from MSW BSW cohorts. A one-way analysis variance indicated statistically significant attitudinal difference (p =.02) between undergraduate first-year with regard their overall offenders. similar but only marginally =.06) demonstrated second-year Implications for training are discussed in context...