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The Appeal of Media Violence in a Full‐length Motion Picture: An Experimental Investigation

Glenn G. Sparks Professor of Communication at Purdue UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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John Sherry Assistant Professor of Communication at Michigan State University
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Graig Lubsen West Lafayette, INView further author information
Pages 21-30 | Published online: 16 Feb 2007

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Fiona Vaughan & Ronni Michelle Greenwood. (2017) From the “reel” world to the “real” world: subjective experiences of violent fictional entertainment. Qualitative Research in Psychology 14:3, pages 266-287.
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AndrewJ. Weaver, JakobD. Jensen, Nicole Martins, RyanJ. Hurley & BarbaraJ. Wilson. (2011) Liking Violence and Action: An Examination of Gender Differences in Children's Processing of Animated Content. Media Psychology 14:1, pages 49-70.
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Laurence Ashworth, Martin Pyle & Ethan Pancer. (2010) The Role of Dominance in the Appeal of Violent Media Depictions. Journal of Advertising 39:4, pages 121-134.
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Daniel Milton. (2018) Fatal attraction: explaining variation in the attractiveness of Islamic State propaganda. Conflict Management and Peace Science 37:4, pages 430-450.
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G. Neil Martin. (2019) (Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? A Review of the Empirical Research on Psychological Responses to Horror Films. Frontiers in Psychology 10.
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Julie B. WiestJack Levin. (2019) Effects of Gender and Age on U.S. Adults' Interest in Cinematic Serial Murder. Violence and Gender 6:3, pages 168-174.
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Nur Hümeyra Özdemir Erem & Oğuzhan Yılmaz. (2017) Çizgi Filmlerde “Kardeşlik” İlişkileri Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme. Ana Dili Eğitimi Dergisi, pages 837-853.
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T. Christopher Greenwell, Dustin Thorn & Jason Simmons. (2015) Is violence used to promote Mixed Martial Arts?. International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship 16:4, pages 10-21.
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Andrew J. Weaver & Matthew J. Kobach. (2012) The Relationship Between Selective Exposure and the Enjoyment of Television Violence. Aggressive Behavior 38:2, pages 175-184.
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Andrew J. Weaver & Barbara J. Wilson. (2009) The Role of Graphic and Sanitized Violence in the Enjoyment of Television Dramas. Human Communication Research 35:3, pages 442-463.
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