Media-Induced Recovery: The Effects of Positive Versus Negative Media Stimuli on Recovery Experience, Cognitive Performance, and Energetic Arousal

Rieger, Diana; Reinecke, Leonard und Bente, Gary (2017): Media-Induced Recovery: The Effects of Positive Versus Negative Media Stimuli on Recovery Experience, Cognitive Performance, and Energetic Arousal. In: Psychology of Popular Media Culture, Vol. 6, No. 2: pp. 174-191

Abstract

Recent research has demonstrated that the use of hedonically positive interactive media content contributes to the satisfaction of recovery needs and is associated with recovery outcomes such as higher levels of cognitive performance and increased energetic arousal. The recovery effects of noninteractive media stimuli as well as of media content with negative affective valence, however, are less clear. The present investigation addressed this limitation of prior research on

• Item Type: Journal article
• Keywords: affective valence;media-induced recovery;noninteractive media
• Faculties: Social Sciences > Department of Communications and Media (IfKW)
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology; 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
• ISSN: 2160-4134
• Language: English