Appreciation in the Face of Death: Meaningful Films Buffer Against Death-Related Anxiety

Rieger, Diana; Frischlich, Lena; Hoegden, Fabia; Kauf, Robert; Schramm, Kristina and Tappe, Erzsebet (2015): Appreciation in the Face of Death: Meaningful Films Buffer Against Death-Related Anxiety. In: Journal of Communication, Vol. 65, No. 2: pp. 351-372

Abstract

Entertainment media are found to evoke appreciation when they deal with topics such as moral virtues, values, or questions of sense in life. Drawing upon terror management theory, we question whether meaningful media can also serve as anxiety buffer shielding against the threat of death, as they transport cultural worldviews and enhance self-esteem

• Item Type: Journal article
• Keywords: Anxiety Buffer;Appreciation;Meaningful Media;mortality salience;terror management theory
• Faculties: Social Sciences > Communication
• Subjects: 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology; 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
• ISSN: 1460-2466 ; 0021-9916
• Language: English