Rieger, Diana, Frischlich, Lena ORCID: 0000-0001-5039-5301, Hoegden, Fabia, Kauf, Robert, Schramm, Kristina and Tappe, Erzsebet (2015). Appreciation in the Face of Death: Meaningful Films Buffer Against Death-Related Anxiety. J. Commun., 65 (2). S. 351 - 373. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. ISSN 1460-2466

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Abstract

Entertainment media are found to evoke appreciation when they deal with topics such as moral virtues, values, or questions of sense in life. Drawing upon terror management theory, we question whether meaningful media can also serve as anxiety buffer shielding against the threat of death, as they transport cultural worldviews and enhance self-esteem among recipients. Results of an experimental study (N = 122) confirmed that participants under mortality salience appreciated a meaningful movie more than participants in a control condition. Further, only a meaningful movie, not a pleasurable or an informative film, decreased the necessity to activate further anxiety buffers after mortality salience. The findings are discussed in relation to entertainment media as means to handle existential fears.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Rieger, DianaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Frischlich, LenaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-5039-5301UNSPECIFIED
Hoegden, FabiaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kauf, RobertUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schramm, KristinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Tappe, ErzsebetUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-403260
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12152
Journal or Publication Title: J. Commun.
Volume: 65
Number: 2
Page Range: S. 351 - 373
Date: 2015
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Place of Publication: CARY
ISSN: 1460-2466
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY; MORTALITY SALIENCE; SELF-ESTEEM; ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE; THOUGHTS; ACCESSIBILITY; CONSEQUENCES; METAANALYSIS; ENJOYMENT; DEFENSEMultiple languages
CommunicationMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40326

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