Political Learning Through Entertainment - Only an Illusion? How Motivations for Watching TV Political Talk Shows Influence Viewers' Experiences

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Autoren
  • Tamara Mattheiss
  • Carina Weinmann
  • Charlotte Loeb
  • Katharina Rauhe
  • Katharina Bartsch
  • Franziska S Roth
  • Sabine Spenkuch
  • Peter Vorderer
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https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000328666000003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1027/1864-1105/a000100
eISSN
2151-2388
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  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 275HD
ISSN
1864-1105
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
4
Zeitschrift
JOURNAL OF MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY-THEORIES METHODS AND APPLICATIONS
Schlüsselwörter
  • political talk shows
  • entertainment
  • feeling of being informed
  • video clips
  • experiment
Paginierung
171 - 179
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2013
Status
Published
Titel
Political Learning Through Entertainment - Only an Illusion? How Motivations for Watching TV Political Talk Shows Influence Viewers' Experiences
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  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
25

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Abstract
<jats:p> The purpose of this study is to explain viewers’ entertainment and feelings of being informed when watching political talk shows on German TV, depending on their viewing motivations. First, an exploratory survey (N = 189) aims to identify the motivation. Results show that some participants had a strong interest in gaining political information by following such shows, while others simply watch them for entertainment purposes. Drawing on the concept of infotainment as well as on the elaboration likelihood model as a basis for entertainment and the feeling of being informed, four hypotheses are then tested in a 2 × 2 (focus on entertaining features versus focus on information × talk show containing a video clip versus talk show containing no video clip) experiment with 63 subjects. The results suggest that people felt better informed and were more entertained through political talk shows when watching them with a focus on entertaining features rather than with a focus on information. However, whether a talk show contained a video clip or not did not make any difference. The fact that a focus on entertaining features can induce a feeling of being informed reveals an interesting phenomenon, which is consistent with current developments in entertainment theory. </jats:p>
Autoren
  • Tamara Mattheiß
  • Carina Weinmann
  • Charlotte Löb
  • Katharina Rauhe
  • Katharina Bartsch
  • Franziska S Roth
  • Sabine Spenkuch
  • Peter Vorderer
DOI
10.1027/1864-1105/a000100
eISSN
2151-2388
ISSN
1864-1105
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
4
Zeitschrift
Journal of Media Psychology
Sprache
en
Paginierung
171 - 179
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2013
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000100
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Political Learning Through Entertainment – Only an Illusion?
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
25

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