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COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
卷 45, 期 4, 页码 479-501出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0093650217699934
关键词
character-schema; disposition theory; morality; narrative; media entertainment
Character morality is an integral variable within disposition theories. Zillmann proposed that moral judgments of characters result from a viewer monitoring and approving/disapproving of a character's behaviors. Raney proposed a schema-based theoretical expansion of this model, wherein moral judgments of characters and disposition formationfacilitated by the activation of character-schema (e.g., hero/villain)might occur prior to the observation of behavior. Three experimental studies were conducted to test Raney's hypotheses and to integrate them into Zillmann's original models. Study 1 indicates that visual cues associated with heroes and villains evoke character-consistent moral judgments absent character behaviors. Study 2 demonstrates that character-schema activation is magnified by the presence of an opposing character. Finally, Study 3 demonstrates that schema-based moral judgments can bias approbation of behaviors and subsequent moral judgments of characters. Theoretical implications and directions for future research are discussed.
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