Table of contents
Acknowledgements
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Narrative absorption: Introduction and overview
1
Part I.Conceptualization of narrative absorption
Chapter 1.Beyond metaphors and traditions: Exploring the conceptual boundaries of narrative engagement
11
Chapter 2.Towards a new understanding of absorbing reading experiences
29
Chapter 3.Narrative persuasion: Effects of transporting stories on attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors
49
Chapter 4.Immersion into narrative and poetic worlds: A neurocognitive poetics perspective
69
Chapter 5.Into film. Does absorption in a movie’s story world pose a paradox?
97
Chapter 6.“Spellbound in darkness”: Narrative absorption discussed by film theory
119
Chapter 7.Antecedents of identification: Character, text, and audiences
133
Part II.Empirical studies on narrative absorption
Chapter 8.Identifying with in-game characters: Exploring player articulations of identification and presence
157
Chapter 9.The effect of suspense structure on felt suspense and narrative absorption in literature and film
177
Chapter 10.Elaboration, emotion, and transportation: Implications for conceptual analysis and textual features
199
Chapter 11.Forms of absorption that facilitate the aesthetic and explanatory effects of literary reading
217
Part III.Outcomes of narrative absorption
Chapter 12.Absorption and meaningfulness: Examining the relationship between eudaimonic media use and engagement
253
Chapter 13.The role of absorption processes in narrative health communication
271
Chapter 14.Absorption in narrative fiction and its possible impact on social abilities
293
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