Presence and television

The role of screen size

Bibliographic Data

ID2269842
AuthorsM Lombard (0000-0002-0675-0414), Rd Reich (Mary Baldwin College), Grabe, Cc Bracken (Temple University), Tb Ditton (Villanova University)
Year2000
Volume26
Issue1
Pages75-98
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Communication Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0360-3989 • E-ISSN: 1468-2958
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2958.2000.tb00750.x
OpenAlexW1705561776
LanguageEN
Citations received58
References cited27

Film and a number of emerging entertainment technologies offer media consumers an illusion of nonmediation known as presence. To investigate the possibility that television can evoke presence, 65 undergraduate students were shown brief examples of rapid point-of-view movement from commercially available videotapes on a television with either a small screen (12 inches [30.5 cm], measured diagonally) or a large screen (46 inches [116.8 cm]). Participants' responses were measured via a questionnaire and a computer-based recording of arousal (electrodermal activity). Viewers of both televisions reported an enjoyable sense of physical movement, excitement, involvement, and a sense of participation. Furthermore, as predicted, participants who watched the large screen television thought the movement in the scenes was faster, experienced a greater sense of physical movement, enjoyed the movement to a greater extent, found the viewing experience more exciting, and were more physiologically aroused. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed

Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive psychology · Entertainment · Human–computer interaction · Illusion · Movement (music · Point (geometry · Sense of presence · Virtual reality · Visual arts · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

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