Entertainment is emotion: The functional architecture of the entertainment experience

Media Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-51

  Tan, Eduard Sioe Hao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 41249099103     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213260701853161     Document Type: Article

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