A qualitative exploration of entertainment experiences

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 265, Issue , 2005, Pages 282-285

  Hale, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'felt life'; experiences; hazyspace; mental models; psychology of film experiences

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-BASED ENTERTAINMENT; EXPERIENCES; HAZYSPACE; MENTAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION;

MOTION PICTURES;

FELT;

EID: 57849092624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1178477.1178527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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