The Role of Gender and Sensation Seeking in Film Choice: Exploring Mood and Arousal

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 97-105

  Banerjee, Smita C ^a   Greene, Kathryn ^b   Krcmar, Marina ^c   Bagdasarov, Zhanna ^b   Ruginyte, Dovile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender differences; movie arousal; movie characteristics; movie mood; sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651203022     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105.20.3.97     Document Type: Article

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