The Effects of Side-Taking on Narrative Entertainment and the Perceptions of Events and Characters

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ID21737005
AutoresNicholas L Matthews (0000-0003-0220-1917, The Ohio State University, autor correspondente), C Joseph Francemone (0000-0003-3075-4412, The Ohio State University), Charles K Monge (0000-0001-9277-8239, The Ohio State University), Kaitlin Fitzgerald (0000-0002-4491-1768, Cornell University), Teresa Lynch (0000-0001-9949-6445, The Ohio State University), Mary Grizzard (0000-0003-2883-0308, The Ohio State University)
Ano2024
Volume27
Fascículo4
Páginas533-557
Data de publicação2024-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedia Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1521-3269 • E-ISSN: 1532-785X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15213269.2023.2255845
OpenAlexW4386692240
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas33

Media psychologists commonly study how narrative elements (e.g. characters) influence entertainment and perceptions. Research on the sequencing and structure of these elements (i.e. metanarrative; the shape of the story) is less common. In both areas, morality tends to ground theorizing (e.g. disposition theory). To extend knowledge in these domains, we conceptualize and observe the effects of side-taking (i.e. choosing a side during conflict), a core concept in narratives and moral psychology. Dynamic coordination theory explains that side-taking is fundamental to morality because it signals moral judgment/condemnation. In a preregistered experiment (N = 577), we observed how the direction (i.e. siding with/against the protagonists or taking no side) and timing of side-taking (i.e. early, middle, or late in the story) influenced variables at multiple levels of analysis (i.e. micro-to-macro). Although timing did not produce effects, we found robust evidence that the direction of side-taking affected variables at all levels of analysis

Entertainment · Epistemology · Great Rift · Linguistics · Metanarrative · Morality · Narrative · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Media Influence and Health · Media Studies and Communication · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology