Narrative impact
Subtitle: social and cognitive foundations
By: edited by Melanie C. Green, Jeffrey J. Strange, Timothy C. Brock.
Contributors: Green, Melanie C.; Strange, Jeffrey J.; Brock, Timothy C., 1935-
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Narration (Rhetoric); Fiction -- Technique.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Power Beyond Reckoning I; title: An Introduction to Narrative Impact; title: Timothy C. Brock, Jeffrey J. Strange, and Melanie C. Green; title: Part 1: The Experience of Stories; title: 2 Mythic Structures in Narrative 17; title: The Domestication of Immortality; title: Victor Nell; title: 3 Emotions and the Story Worlds of Fiction 39; title: Keith Oatley; title: 4 "Get Up and Win!" 71; title: Participatory Responses to Narrative; title: James W. Polichak and Richard J. Gerrig; title: 5 The Evolution of Interactive Media 97; title: Toward "Being There" in Nonlinear Narrative Worlds; title: Frank Biocca; title: Part II: Real-World Impact of Narratives; title: 6 Controversial Narratives in the Schools 131; title: Content, Values, and Conflicting Viewpoints; title: Joan DelFattore; title: 7 Entertainment Education and the Persuasive 157; title: Impact of Narratives; title: Michael D. Slater; title: 8 Girls, Reading, and Narrative Gleaning 183; title: Crafting Repertoires for Self-Fashioning Within Everyday Life; title: Janice Radway; title: 9 The Narrative Integration of Personal 205; title: and Collective Identity in Social Movements; title: Ronald N. Jacobs; title: Part III: Theoretical Perspectives; title: 10 How Does the Mind Construct 229; title: and Represent Stories?; title: Arthur C. Graesser, Brent Olde, and Bianca Kletthe; title: 11 How Fictional Tales Wag Real-World Beliefs 263; title: Models and Mechanisms of Narrative Influence; title: Jeffrey J. Strange; title: 12 The Pervasive Role of Stories in Knowledge 287; title: and Action; title: Roger C. Schank and Tamara R. Berman; title: 13 In the Mind's Eye 315; title: Transportation-Imagery Model of Narrative Persuasion; title: Melanie C. Green and Timothy C. Brock; title: 14 Insights and Research Implications 343; title: Epilogue to Narrative Impact; title: Timothy C. Brock, Melanie C. Green, and Jeffrey J. Strange.