Sports spectators' suspense: Affect and uncertainty in sports entertainment

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 750-767

  Knobloch Westerwick, Silvia S ^a   David, Prabu ^a   Eastin, Matthew S ^b   Tamborini, Ron ^c   Greenwood, Dara ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; SPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 71849094371     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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