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  • The Oxford Handbook of Entertainment Theory

    Edited by Peter Vorderer, Christoph Klimmt ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The proliferation of new digital technologies has given rise to an entirely changed media landscape and revolutionized how we seek entertainment. Older entertainment media like novels, radio, and film have been joined by a host of digital media that smartphones allow us to carry almost anywhere and at all times, from video games and social media to video on demand services. This unprecedented ... Read more

    $165.59 USD

  • Psychology of Entertainment

    Edited by Jennings Bryant, Peter Vorderer ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    As entertainment becomes a trillion-dollar-a-year industry worldwide, as our modern era increasingly lives up to its label of the "entertainment age," and as economists begin to recognize that entertainment has become the driving force of the new world economy, it is safe to say that scholars are beginning to take entertainment seriously. The scholarly spin on entertainment has been manifested in ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Suspense

    Conceptualizations, Theoretical Analyses, and Empirical Explorations

    Edited by Peter Vorderer, Hans Jurgen Wulff, Mike Friedrichsen ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This volume begins with the general assumption that suspense is a major criterion for both an audience's selection and evaluation of entertaining media offerings. This assumption is supported not only by the popularity of suspenseful narratives, but also by the reasons users give for their actual choice of media contents. Despite this, there is no satisfying theory to describe and explain what ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Permanently Online, Permanently Connected

    Living and Communicating in a POPC World

    Edited by Peter Vorderer, Dorothée Hefner, Leonard Reinecke, Christoph Klimmt ...
    Permanently Online, Permanently Connected establishes the conceptual grounds needed for a solid understanding of the permanently online/permanently connected phenomenon, its causes and consequences, and its applied implications. Due to the diffusion of mobile devices, the ways people communicate and interact with each other and use electronic media have changed substantially within a short period ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Serious Games

    Mechanisms and Effects

    Edited by Ute Ritterfeld, Michael Cody, Peter Vorderer ...
    Serious Games provides a thorough exploration of the claim that playing games can provide learning that is deep, sustained and transferable to the real world. "Serious games" is defined herein as any form of interactive computer-based game software for one or multiple players to be used on any platform and that has been developed to provide more than entertainment to players. With this volume, the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Media Entertainment

    The Psychology of Its Appeal

    Edited by Dolf Zillmann, Peter Vorderer ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    This collection represents a systematic exploration of media entertainment from an academic perspective. Editors Zillmann and Vorderer have assembled scholars from psychology, sociology, and communication to provide a broad examination of the primary function of media entertainment--the attainment of gratification. Chapters included here address vital aspects of media entertainment and summarize ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Playing Video Games

    Motives, Responses, and Consequences

    Edited by Peter Vorderer, Jennings Bryant ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    From security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing number of players that cross gender, culture, and age is on a dramatic upward trajectory. Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences integrates communication, psychology, and technology to examine the psychological ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

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  • Multiple Intelligences

    New Horizons

    by Howard Gardner ...
    **From the author of Frames of Mind, the definitive account of Multiple Intelligences theory and its applications.“For those of us who suspect that intelligence is too complex a phenomenon to be measured by the single number of I.Q. derived from an ‘intelligence test,’ Gardner’s book is a refreshing experience and an open door into a whole new way of looking at human beings.” ―Isaac Asimov**Howard ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Language at the Speed of Sight

    How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It

    by Mark Seidenberg ...
    In this "important, alarming" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Writing

    A Mosaic of New Perspectives

    Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, Elisa Mambrino, David D. Preiss ...
    This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development can be fostered, but they lack a handy, unified, and comprehensive source of information to ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity

    Edited by James C. Kaufman, Robert J. Sternberg, PhD ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity is a comprehensive scholarly handbook on creativity from the most respected psychologists, researchers and educators. This handbook serves both as a thorough introduction to the field of creativity and as an invaluable reference and current source of important information. It covers such diverse topics as the brain, education, business, and world cultures. The ... Read more

    $66.49 USD

  • Assessment in Mathematics Education

    Large-Scale Assessment and Classroom Assessment

    by Christine Suurtamm, Denisse R. Thompson, Rae Young Kim, Leonora Diaz Moreno, Nathalie Sayac, Stanislaw Schukajlow, Edward Silver, Stefan Ufer, Pauline Vos ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides an overview of current research on a variety of topics related to both large-scale and classroom assessment. First, the purposes, traditions and principles of assessment are considered, with particular attention to those common to all levels of assessment and those more connected with either classroom or large-scale assessment. Assessment design based on sound assessment ... Read more

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