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Mary Beth Oliver
Researcher at Pennsylvania State University
Publications - 156
Citations - 7778
Mary Beth Oliver is an academic researcher from Pennsylvania State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Elevation (emotion) & Entertainment. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 151 publications receiving 6854 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary Beth Oliver include University of Wisconsin-Madison & Virginia Tech.
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Gender differences in sexuality: a meta-analysis.
TL;DR: This meta-analysis surveyed 177 usable sources that reported data on gender differences on 21 different measures of sexual attitudes and behaviors and found that gender differences narrowed from the 1960s to the 1980s for many variables.
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Entertainment as Pleasurable and Meaningful: Identifying Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motivations for Entertainment Consumption
Mary Beth Oliver,Arthur A. Raney +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conceptualized and developed measures to illustrate that entertainment can be used as a means of experiencing not only enjoyment, but also as a mean of grappling with questions such as life's purpose and human meaningfulness.
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Appreciation as Audience Response: Exploring Entertainment Gratifications beyond Hedonism.
Mary Beth Oliver,Anne Bartsch +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the notion of media enjoyment in the context of film viewing is discussed, with a special focus on the domain of more serious, poignant, and pensive media experiences typically associated with genres such as drama, history, documentary, or art films.
Book
THE SAGE handbook of media processes and effects
Robin L. Nabi,Mary Beth Oliver +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter discusses conceptual and methodological issues in media effects research, as well as uses and gratifications : an evolving perspective of media effects.
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Exploring the Paradox of the Enjoyment of Sad Films
TL;DR: The Sad-Film Scale (SFS) developed in this paper was positively associated with measures of empathy, femininity, and positive appraisals of sad emotions and was used to explore the enjoyment of sad films and to develop a scale that would reflect such gratifications.