標題: So scary, yet so fun: The role of self-efficacy in enjoyment of a virtual reality horror game
作者: Lin, Jih-Hsuan Tammy
Wu, Dai-Yun
Tao, Chen-Chao
傳播與科技學系
Department of Communication and Technology
關鍵字: Arousal;enjoyment;excitation transfer;fear;horror game;self-efficacy;virtual reality
公開日期: 1-Sep-2018
摘要: Enjoyment of frightening content is a paradoxical issue in communication research. Revising Zillmann's model of suspense, we propose a three-factor model examining the audience appeal of horror content in a virtual reality (VR) survival horror game. In a laboratory study, participants played a VR horror game. The results show significant effects of the three-way interaction among horror self-efficacy, physiological arousal, and fear on enjoyment and future intentions to play similar games. Horror self-efficacy interacts with fear to affect enjoyment only among high-arousal participants. Among high-fear participants, higher horror self-efficacy leads to significantly greater enjoyment than lower horror self-efficacy. We measured enjoyment through self-reported ratings, future intentions to play similar games, and the behavioral choice of subsequent games to demonstrate the appeal of horror content. Horror self-efficacy in coping with mediated fright is the key to explaining the conditional positive association of fear and enjoyment in the gaming context.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444817744850
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/148105
ISSN: 1461-4448
DOI: 10.1177/1461444817744850
期刊: NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY
Volume: 20
起始頁: 3223
結束頁: 3242
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