Applied Entertainment: Positive Uses of Entertainment Media

Goldstein, Jeffrey H.

doi:10.1007/978-981-4560-50-4_9

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“…In contrast, findings from the current study indicated that fathers' use of social media to connect with family and friends was associated with a higher score on overall family health and family health resources. This relationship may possibly be explained through the entertainment function that SMU provides [50]. Current literature regarding fathers' SMU and family well-being is limited, and studies have focused on the social support networks available to fathers online [51,52].…”

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Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Olpin

Hanson

Crandall

2023

IJERPH

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Some research suggests that parents on social media have access to greater social support and health information. However, evidence also connects parental social media use to negative outcomes including increased parental stress, depression, and distraction. Using the uses and gratification theory, this study goes beyond measures of parents’ individual mental health and explores social media use and its association with family well-being. Family health outcomes were predicted to vary with parents’ use and gratifications of social media, with parents who use social media primarily for information and connection scoring higher on family health and parents who used social media for entertainment scoring worse on family health. The sample included 482 heterosexual married or cohabiting partners recruited through a Qualtrics panel. All participants were parents of children ages of 3–13, with mothers and fathers each completing the survey. Findings indicated that fathers’ use of social media for entertainment and connecting with family and friends was associated with better family well-being and health resources (p < 0.01). However, mothers’ use of social media did not have a statistically meaningful relationship with family health variables. There was no evidence that parental social media use was associated with negative family health outcomes. Longitudinal data is needed to determine the temporal relationship between social media use and family health. Public health professionals interested in improving family health may consider how to better reach fathers on social media to increase health resources.

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Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Olpin

Hanson

Crandall

2023

IJERPH

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“…Entertainment media attracts interest, reinforces old behaviors, and models new behaviors but also engages the viewer's feelings (Freimuth et al, 2000). However, some researchers have considered that entertainment, for example, watching YouTube videos, can positively impact mental health, as it can aid relaxation, induce positive emotions, and improve mood (Goldstein, 2017). Entertainment media provides more than just enjoyment; it has an impact on recovery and psychological wellbeing (Reinecke et al, 2011).…”

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News/Entertainment Social Media Engagement and Social Media Health Literacy: Effects on Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 Lockdown

Anter

2022

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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This study examined the effects of news engagement (NE) vs. entertainment engagement (EE), and of social media health literacy (SMHL) on mental health and coping during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Further, it investigated the moderating effect of SMHL between NE, EE, mental health, and coping relations. The study is drawing on mood management theory and stress- coping theory and is based on a cross-sectional online survey of 478 participants aged 18 years and older. Moderated multiple regression and path analyses were used; the results indicated that both NE and EE predicted a significant increase in anxiety and depression and increased the participants’ online and offline coping. While SMHL predicted a substantial decrease in anxiety and depression, with an increase in online and offline coping. SMHL significantly moderated (weakened) the relations between NE and both anxiety and depression. Online coping significantly mediated the relations between both NE and EE and offline coping. This study proposes that EE has less effect on anxiety and depression than NE does. Findings support that online coping is an important factor in understanding the relationship between genre-specific social media engagement and offline coping in health crises. SMHL is a crucial moderator for managing the effects of NE on mental health. The study recommends algorithmic awareness as an item of SMHL and rationalization of social media use as a crucial coping mechanism.

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“…Doing it regularly improves one's mental and even physical health. Excitement or relaxation, as well as the multitude of emotions provided by entertainment in any form, will improve an individual's everyday life [2]. Social interaction with other individuals constitutes a vital factor for well-being [3].…”

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The Positive Effects of Video Games on the Human Mind

Pitic

2022

International Journal of Advanced Statistics and IT&C for Economics and Life Sciences

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In order to gain insight into how to create a successful game, a developer should learn about the end user of the product, the player. For this exact reason, there must be a deeper understanding of the effects games can have on the one who plays them. The main question addressed in this paper is “How can the games positively affect the player on a psychological and emotional level?”. This question has been divided into 3 different sub-question. To answer them, a combination of thematic analysis and literature study was used. Multiple studies have been previously made on the relationship between video games and the human mind, either focusing on the negative or on the positive effects. This paper has a new approach, consisting of dividing the benefits into categories determined by the main reason a player chooses to play games. The main 6 categories were established empirically, and 200 answers were arranged under the category most fitting for each. A total of 14 benefits were found for the previously mentioned categories. Additionally, 5 less noticeable benefits have been included into a new category.

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Applied Entertainment: Positive Uses of Entertainment Media

Cited by 7 publications

References 70 publications

Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Influence of Social Media Uses and Gratifications on Family Health among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study

News/Entertainment Social Media Engagement and Social Media Health Literacy: Effects on Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 Lockdown

The Positive Effects of Video Games on the Human Mind

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