COMM 4220 Quiz: Quizzes 1-9 Answers

• School: Cornell University
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 4220
• Professor: Meghnaa Tallapragada

Document Summary

In the article, titled appreciation of entertainment: the importance of meaningfulness via virtue and wisdom, oliver and bartsch (2011) explain the experience of appreciation and enjoyment in media entertainment. Some are comedies, some are thoughtful tragedies and some are action movies. If you answer 2 questions, we will only grade the first one. If we can"t read it, we can"t give you credit. Briefly describe the difference between hedonic and eudaimonic/rewarding motivations and illustrate them with examples from your own or your friends" media use behaviors. Since novelty can be linked to either amusement or thoughtfulness, the link must be made clear. For example, my friend likes to watch comedy for hedonic motivations because it gives him amusement and pleasure. I, on the other hand, am driven by eudaimonic motivations more. I love to watch sci-fi drama because the novelty of the technology makes me thoughtful about what the future might be like.