@inbook{f84647ca07954cd8ae2c35a6f0f850c6,
title = "Absorbed character engagement: From social cognition responses to the experience with fictional constructions",
abstract = "Katalin B{\'a}lint and Ed Tan offer a phenomenological description of audience{\textquoteright}s absorbed encounters with fictional beings. Their qualitative interview study provocatively agitates for increased empirical attention on audiences{\textquoteright} accounts of their relationships with characters, rather than a continued reliance on theorists{\textquoteright} accounts of mechanism-driven forms of “identification.”",
keywords = "character engagement, social cognition, empathy, Interviews, parasocial relationship",
author = "Katalin Balint and Ed Tan",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.4324/9780429422508-13",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781138391826",
series = "AFI Film Readers",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "209--229",
editor = "Riis, {Johannes } and Taylor, {Aaron }",
booktitle = "Screening Characters",
address = "United States",
}