Reacting to Graphic Horror: A Model of Empathy and Emotional Behavior.

Tamborini, Ron; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ416302

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Publication Date: 1990

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Reacting to Graphic Horror: A Model of Empathy and Emotional Behavior.

Tamborini, Ron; And Others

Communication Research, v17 n5 p616-40 Oct 1990

Studies viewer response to graphic horror films. Reports that undergraduate mass communication students viewed clips from two horror films and a scientific television program. Concludes that people who score high on measures for wandering imagination, fictional involvement, humanistic orientation, and emotional contagion tend to find horror films unappealing. (SG)

Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Emotional Response, Empathy, Films, Higher Education, Mass Media Effects, Models

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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