Media Entertainment and Well-BeingLinking Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience to Media-Induced Recovery and Vitality

Rieger, Diana; Reinecke, Leonard; Frischlich, Lena und Bente, Gary (2014): Media Entertainment and Well-BeingLinking Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience to Media-Induced Recovery and Vitality. In: Journal of Communication, Bd. 64, Nr. 3: S. 456-478

Abstract

This paper explores the impact of hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment experience on well-being. We propose that the satisfaction of recovery needs can provide an important link that connects recent 2-factor models of entertainment with well-being after media consumption. Using path modeling, relationships between hedonic/eudaimonic entertainment experiences, media-induced recovery experience, and vitality as a recovery outcome were explored in an experiment (N = 120). Results suggest that different recovery needs are satisfied by hedonic versus eudaimonic entertainment: Although hedonic entertainment experiences were associated with the recovery dimensions of relaxation and psychological detachment, eudaimonic entertainment was related to mastery experiences. Both entertainment facets, thus, lead to media-induced recovery and resulted in increased psychological well-being represented by higher levels of vitality after media use.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie ; 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie
• ISSN: 1460-2466 ; 0021-9916
• Sprache: Englisch