Understanding media enjoyment: The role of transportation into narrative worlds

Communication Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-327

  Green, Melanie C ^a,b   Brock, Timothy C ^c   Kaufman, Geoff F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; MEDIA ROLE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 10244244923     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2004.tb00317.x     Document Type: Article

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