· 2013· Review
Psychology of Entertainment
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- 2013year
Short summary
Scholars are increasingly recognizing entertainment as a significant economic and cultural force, leading to a comprehensive examination of its psychological underpinnings.
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Key points
- Entertainment is a major global economic driver, exceeding a trillion dollars annually.
- The modern era is characterized as the 'entertainment age.'
- Scholarly interest in entertainment is growing, leading to comprehensive research.
- This volume synthesizes current theory and research on the psychology of entertainment.
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Abstract
As entertainment becomes a trillion-dollar-a-year industry worldwide, as our modern era increasingly lives up to its label of the "entertainment age," and as economists begin to recognize that entertainment has become the driving force of the new world economy, it is safe to say that scholars are beginning to take entertainment seriously. The scholarly spin on entertainment has been manifested in traditional ways, as well as innovative ones. Representing the current state of theory and research, Psychology of Entertainment promises to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date volume on entert
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Field: Literature and Literary Theory
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