Beyond Pleasure: Exploring the Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience

Human Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 406-428

  Wirth, Werner ^a   Hofer, Matthias ^a   Schramm, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84865847269     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2012.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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