Self-Expansion through Fictional Characters

Shedlosky-Shoemaker, Randi; Costabile, Kristi A.; Arkin, Robert M.

doi:10.1080/15298868.2014.882269

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“…To measure perceived self-expansion, we used the 14-item Self-Expansion Questionnaire (SEQ) (Mattingly & Lewandowski, 2013;Shedlosky-Shoemaker et al, 2014). For each item, participants rated how true they felt each statement was (e.g., "How much has this character resulted in your having new experiences?"…”

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“…Initial TEBOTS evidence shows that a strain on the self can increase narrative appreciation (as well as transportation and suspense; Johnson, Ewoldsen, & Slater, 2015). Also, research by Shedlosky-Shoemaker et al (2014) demonstrated that exposure to narratives can increase self-expansion toward an ideal self. That study adapted a scale developed to measure self-expansion in interpersonal relationships (Mattingly & Lewandowski, 2013) in order to examine the relationship viewers have with characters.…”

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“…Several conceptual approaches are relevant to this approach, such as self-expansion (Shedlosky-Shoemaker et al, 2014;Slater et al, 2014), wishful identification (Feilitzen & Linne, 1975;Hoffner & Buchanan, 2005), and identification (Cohen, 2001), and are discussed below.…”

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“…Turiel (1983) described viewers as moral scientists who construct and simulate social experience to develop their ideas about right and wrong. The diverse moral casting might-through mechanisms such as narrative transportation, identification, empathy and temporary expansion of the self (Eden, Daalmans, & Johnson, 2015;Lewis, Tamborini, & Weber, 2014;Shedlosky-Shoemaker, Costabile, & Arkin, 2014;Slater, Johnson, Cohen, Comello, & Ewoldsen, 2014)-function as a moral laboratory (Ricoeur, 1984) or moral playground (Vorderer, Klimmt, & Ritterfeld, 2004). In this moral laboratory, viewers are prompted by the behavior of characters both virtuous and not so virtuous to explore, reflect upon and deliberate about moral issues without facing the consequences of actually making those moral decisions in real life (Krijnen, 2007).…”

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From Good to Bad and Everything in Between: An Analysis of Genre Differences in the Representation of Moral Nature

Daalmans

Hijmans

Wester

2017

Journal of Media Ethics

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This study explores the presence of different moral natures-neutral, good, bad, ambivalent-and its association with sociodemographic characteristics in 3 television genres, through content analysis (N = 3,993). Results show that morally ambivalent characters dominate the cast of fiction, whereas neutral characters form a majority in news and information programming. In all genres, morally ambivalent characters are typed by social and professional transgression, while morally bad characters are typed by transgressions of the law. Although two thirds of all transgressions are punished, morally bad characters are always punished, whereas morally ambivalent characters more often get away without consequences. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Разрешающее воздействие снимает усвоенные внутренние запреты на определенные модели поведения. Формируемые телевидением модели могут ка-саться развязок различных ситуаций, гендерных ролей, самоэкспансии в ситуации и событиях, отличных от привычного, повседневного опыта [9], поведения в морально неоднозначных ситуа-циях [10] и т. д. и образовывать превалирующие комплексы убеждений, взглядов и ценностей.…”

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Analysis of the youth’s psychological response in relation to the frequency of watching extreme TV shows

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Баранова²

2018

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ANALYSIS OF THE YOUTH'S PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE IN RELATION TO THE FREQUENCY OF WATCHING EXTREME TV SHOWS Summary:The study investigates the relation of psychological response to watching extreme TV shows with dominant emotional states, the level of anxiety and the vision of the world of young people. The study involved 71 students (26 males and 45 females). The research is based on such methods as an interview to determine typical response to watching extreme stories, the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, a technique for determining the dominant state of L.V. Kulikov. The frequency of watching extreme TV programs demonstrates a passive attitude toward life, anxiety, emotional instability, subjective dissatisfaction with life in highly anxious individuals. Most respondents note the negative impact of the media on the perception of the world if they watch a lot of criminal stories or news programs. Studying media impact on the respondents, the author revealed that they had negative emotions when watching such TV programs. It can damage their mental health, increase anxiety and sleep disorders, develop pre-neurotic and neurotic disorders. Keywords: extremity, media research, media impact, extreme stories, psychological trauma, violence, emotional states, cognitive response, anxiety.Введение. Современный мир, стремительно меняющийся, мульти-и поликультурный, во-влекает молодежь в экстремальность, в которой человек может выступать в различных ролях -как инициатор, жертва, очевидец или наблюдатель, зритель. Именно последняя группа стано-вится наиболее многочисленной благодаря широкому распространению и доступности интер-нета и телевидения. Событие, в том числе экстремальное, дано объективно, но это событие жизни данного конкретного человека, которое он осмысливает, переживает, действует в нем (или не действует), страдает (или радуется), т. е. оно связано с личностным смыслом данной ситуации [1, с. 82]. Критериями подобных событий являются необычность, новизна, трансординарность, переходы бытия/небытия в самых различных проявлениях, например природных и техногенных катастроф, бедствий, которые могут повлечь за собой человеческие жертвы, ущерб здоровью людей или окружающей среде, значительные материальные потери и нарушение условий жиз-недеятельности людей.

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Self-Expansion through Fictional Characters

Cited by 68 publications

References 45 publications

Morality Predicts Enjoyment But Not Appreciation of Morally Ambiguous Characters

Morality Predicts Enjoyment But Not Appreciation of Morally Ambiguous Characters

From Good to Bad and Everything in Between: An Analysis of Genre Differences in the Representation of Moral Nature

Analysis of the youth’s psychological response in relation to the frequency of watching extreme TV shows

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