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Self-transcendent media experiences: taking meaningful media to a higher level.

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Oliver, Mary Beth, Raney, Arthur A, Slater, Michael D, Appel, Markus, Hartmann, Tilo, Bartsch, Anne, Schneider, Frank M, Janicke-Bowles, Sophie H +6 more·2018·Journal of Communication
DOI 10.1093/joc/jqx020
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Interest in the meaningful sides of media entertainment has blossomed over the last decade, with numerous scholars examining how certain media content can enhance social good and well-being. Because social scientific work in this area is relatively new and is rapidly evolving, numerous conceptualizations of meaningful media experiences have been introduced. In this paper we argue for the importance of recognizing a unique form of media experience that causes us to look beyond our own concerns, to recognize moral beauty, and to feel unity with humanity and nature—what we label here as “self-transcendent media experiences.”

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  • Eudaimonic entertainment is a source of more complex forms of psychological well-being, such as feeling self-transcendent emotions like elevation, awe, or gratitude.

    “while eudaimonic entertainment has also been identified as a source of more complex forms of psychological well-being, such as feeling self-transcendent emotions such as elevation, awe, or gratitude (e.g., Oliver et al., 2018; Janicke-Bowles et al., 2019).”

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Oliver, M. B., Raney, A. A., Slater, M. D., Appel, M., Hartmann, T., Bartsch, A., Schneider, F. M., Janicke-Bowles, S. H., Krämer, N., Mares, M.-L., Vorderer, P., Rieger, D., Dale, K. R., & Das, E.
Affiliations
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Florida State University (US)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
  • University of Würzburg (DE)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • Leipzig University (DE)
  • University of Mannheim (DE)
  • Chapman University, School of Communication, 1 University Dr, Orange, CA 92866, USA
  • University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Oliver, Mary Beth
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Venue
Journal of Communication
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2018-04-01
Volume
68
Issue
2
Pages
380-389
ISSN
  • 0021-9916 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2466
DOI
10.1093/joc/jqx020
OpenAlex
W2799487582
Cited by
247
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 1
FWCI
320.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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academic.oup.com/journals/pages/about_us/legal/notices (vor, 15 d)
Locations
  • Journal of Communication (publishedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
  • MADOC (University of Mannheim) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Media Studies and Communication
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
Keywords
media entertainment, moral beauty, unity with nature, well-being, social good, media experience

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