Narrative Absorption.

Intro -- Narrative Absorption -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Narrative absorption: Introduction and overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview -- 2.1 Conceptualizations of narrative absorption -- 2.2 Empirical studies on narrative absorption -- 2.3 Outcomes of narrative absorption -- 3. Outlook -- References -- Part I. Conceptualization of narrative absorption -- Chapter 1. Beyond metaphors and traditions: Exploring the conceptual boundaries of narrative engagementExploring the conceptual boundaries of narrative engagement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Metaphorical and traditional levels of distinction -- 2.1 Metaphorical levels -- 2.2 Traditional levels -- 3. The conceptual level of distinction -- 3.1 Core narrative experience: Transportation, narrative engagement, absorption -- 3.2 Partial overlap with the core narrative experience: Flow, presence, and identification -- 3.3 Correlates of the core narrative experience: Realism and enjoyment -- 3.4 True difference to the core narrative experience: Involvement -- 4. Measurement of narrative experience -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2. Towards a new understanding of absorbing reading experiences: Towards a new understanding of absorbing reading experiences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Absorption research taxonomy -- 2.1 Story world absorption -- 3. There is more to a narrative than story world -- 3.1 Foregrounding and absorption -- 3.2 Empirical studies on the relationship between absorption and foregrounding -- 3.3 Introducing artifact absorption -- 4. Towards a new understanding of narrative aesthetic absorption -- 4.1 "Weaving in and out" of narrative aesthetic absorption -- 5. Discussion -- References.

Chapter 3. Narrative persuasion: Effects of transporting stories on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviorsEffects of transporting stories on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Measurement -- 1.2 Individual differences -- 1.3 Related concepts -- 1.4 Transportation and belief change: Mechanisms -- 1.5 Outcomes -- 1.6 Self-relevant outcomes -- 2. Future research -- 2.1 Restorative narratives -- 2.2 Interactive narratives -- 2.3 Multiple narratives -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4. Immersion into narrative and poetic worlds: A neurocognitive poetics perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Familiarity/fluency -- 3. Heightened, unforced concentration (attention) -- 4. Einfühlung (empathy), mood empathy, identification, and fiction feelings -- 4. Einfühlung (empathy), mood empathy, identification, and fiction feelings -- 5. Suspense, curiosity, and surprise -- 5.1 Suspense -- 5.2 Curiosity -- 5.3 Surprise -- 6. Optimal descriptive density, action density, and perceptual-motor enactment -- 7. Methodological issues: How to operationalize, induce, and measure immersion? -- 7.1 Immersing in the uncanny: The Sandman studies -- 7.2 Relations between rating variables -- 7.3 Reader analysis: Individual immersion curves and personality variables -- 8. Conclusions and outlook -- References -- Chapter 5. Into film: Does absorption in a movie's story world pose a paradox?Does absorption in a movie's story world pose a paradox? -- 1. The problem: Dual awareness -- 2. Consciousness and the experience of film stories -- 2.1 Consciousness and the unitary experience -- 2.2 Degrees of consciousness and dual awareness -- 3. Why narrative structure escapes consciousness -- 4. Why story world events occupy consciousness -- 4.1 Interesting events -- 4.2 Development of anticipations -- 5. How unseen film technology enhances story world experiences.

6. A solution: Unitary experience in absorbed film viewing -- 7. Absorption is a supervised staging of the story world -- 8. Limitations -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. "Spellbound in darkness": Narrative absorption discussed by film theory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The paradoxical dreamer -- 3. The impression of reality -- 4. Fictionalisation -- 5. Immersion -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7. Antecedents of identification: Character, text, and audiences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What exactly is identification? -- 3. Consequences of identification -- 3.1 Enjoyment -- 3.2 Interpretation -- 3.3 Moral disengagement -- 3.4 Influences on the self -- 4. Differences between identification and other concepts -- 4.1 Parasocial interaction -- 4.2 Identification and transportation -- 5. Antecedents of identification -- 5.1 Similarity -- 5.2 Character virtue -- 5.3 Textual features -- 5.4 Individual and contextual differences -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Part II. Empirical studies on narrative absorption -- Chapter 8. Identifying with in-game characters: Exploring player articulations of identification and presence -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The need to reassess perspective in games -- 3. A multi-method approach to gameplay experience -- 4. Identification and presence in a first- and third-person game -- 5. Identification as a selective process -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9. The effect of suspense structure on felt suspense and narrative absorption in literature and film: The effect of suspense structure on felt suspense and narrative absorption in literature and film: The effect of suspense structure on felt suspe -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Narrative suspense structures -- 1.2 Felt suspense and narrative absorption -- 2. Method -- 2.1 Design and procedure -- 2.2 Participants -- 2.3 Stimulus material -- 2.4 Measures.

3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1 Relation between suspense and absorption -- 4.2 The effect of suspense structure on felt suspense and narrative absorption -- 4.2 The effect of suspense structure on felt suspense and narrative absorption -- 4.3 The effect of media format on felt suspense and narrative absorption -- 4.4 Limitations and recommendations -- 4.5 Suggestions for further research -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10. Elaboration, emotion, and transportation: Implications for conceptual analysis and textual features -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Components of absorption -- 2.1 Transportation -- 2.2 Evoked realism -- 2.3 Emotional responses -- 2.4 Personal memories -- 3. Evidence on functional relations -- 4. Method -- 4.1 Materials -- 4.2 Respondents -- 4.3 Analysis -- 5. Results -- 6. Discussion -- 6.1 The role of elaboration -- 6.2 Textual features for absorption -- 6.3 Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 11. Forms of absorption that facilitate the aesthetic and explanatory effects of literary reading: Forms of absorption that facilitate the aesthetic and explanatory effects of literary reading: Forms of absorption that facilitate the aesthetic and -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Contrasting assumptions about absorption-like states -- 1.2 Aesthetic attitude (re-visited) -- 1.3 Identifying specific sources of tension in theories of absorption -- 1.4 Different forms of absorption -- 2. Discussion -- 2.1 Research prospects -- References -- Part III. Outcomes of narrative absorption -- Chapter 12. Absorption and meaningfulness: Examining the relationship between eudaimonic media use and engagement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts and scope -- 3. Meaningfulness as a predictor of absorption -- 3.1 Meaningful-related traits as precursors to engagement -- 3.2 Meaningful-related states as predictors of absorption.

4. Meaningfulness as an outcome of absorption -- 4.1 Absorption itself as a meaningful process -- 5. Absorption into meaningful content -- 5.1 Why meaningful content is absorbing -- 5.2 Gratifications of confronting difficulties -- 5.3 Gratifications of hope and gratitude -- 5.4 Gratifications of connectedness -- 6. Limitations and future directions -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13. The role of absorption processes in narrative health communication -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Absorption and models of narrative health communication -- 3. The relation of transportation and identification to narrative impact -- 4. Reduced resistance as a consequence of absorption -- 5. The relation between absorption and self-referencing -- 6. Moving forward: Implications and future research -- References -- Chapter 14. Absorption in narrative fiction and its possible impact on social abilities -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fiction supports the simulation of social experiences -- 3. Empirical evidence that fiction is related to real-world social understanding -- 3.1 Neuroscience -- 3.2 Behavioral - correlational -- 3.3 Behavioral - experimental -- 4. Could absorption moderate the relation between reading and social outcomes? -- 4. Could absorption moderate the relation between reading and social outcomes? -- 5. Absorption into fictional narratives as a possible intervention -- 6. Television and videogame narratives -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Index.

Narrative Absorption brings together research from the social sciences and Humanities to solve a number of mysteries: Most of us will have had those moments, of being totally absorbed in a book, a movie, or computer game.

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