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Author:   Ted Nannicelli (University of Queensland, Australia) ,  Paul Taberham (University of Kent, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780415629874

ISBN 10:   041562987
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   18 March 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Contemporary Cognitive Media Theory Ted Nannicelli and Paul Taberham Part I: The State of Cognitive Media Theory: Current Views and Issues 2. The Pit of Naturalism: Neuroscience and the Naturalized Aesthetics of Film Murray Smith 3. Evolutionary Film Theory Malcolm Turvey 4. The Geography of Film Viewing: What Are the Implications of Cultural-Cognitive Differences for Cognitive Film Theory? Daniel Barratt Part II: Psychological Research and Media Theory 5. Audiovisual Correspondences in Sergei Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky: A Case Study in Viewer Attention Tim J. Smith 6. Engaged and Detached Film Viewing: Exploring Film Viewers’ Emotional Action Readiness Ed S. Tan 7. Coloring the Animated World: Exploring Human Color Perception and Preference through the Animated Film Kaitlin L. Brunick and James E. Cutting Part III: Cognitive Theory and Media Content 8. Mood and Ethics in Narrative Film Carl Plantinga 9. Effects of Entertaining Violence: A Critical Overview of the General Aggression Model Dirk Eitzen 10. A General Theory of Comic Entertainment: Arousal, Appraisal, and the PECMA Flow Torben Grodal 11. Postcolonial Humor, Attachment, and Yasujiro Ozu’s Early Summer Patrick Colm Hogan 12. Avant-Garde Film in an Evolutionary Context Paul Taberham Part IV: Cognitive Theory and Media Forms 13. Cognitive Theory and the Individual Film: The Case of Rear Window William Seeley and Noël Carroll 14. Cognitive Theory and Video Games Andreas Gregersen 15. Blinded by Familiarity: Partiality, Morality and Engagement with Television Series Margrethe Bruun Vaage 16. Coming Out of the Corner: The Challenges of a Broader Media Cognitivism Greg M. Smith

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Ted Nannicelli is Lecturer in Film and Television Studies in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of A Philosophy of the Screenplay. Paul Taberham is Lecturer in Animation Studies at Arts University Bournemouth. He has published in Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind, Animation Journal and The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory.

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