The Mary Junck Research Colloquium Series Spring 2008
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School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Melanie Green
Assistant Professor Department of Psychology UNC-Chapel Hill
Apr. 3	Transportation into Narrative Worlds
	"Transportation into a narrative world" is the experience of becoming completely immersed into the world of a story. Transportation is defined as an integrative melding of attention, imagery, and feelings, focused on story events. This state can occur regardless of the medium of the narrative (written, audio, visual). Similarly, individuals can be transported into both factual and fictional narratives. Transportation is a key mechanism of narrative persuasion. Transportation may aid in belief change in at least three ways: it reduces counterarguing about the issues raised in the story, it makes events seem more like personal experience, and it creates the kinds of attachment to characters (identification, liking) that may play a critical role in narrative-based belief change. This talk will describe transportation theory and empirical work on transportation, focusing on factors influencing when people will become transported.
If you would like additional details/information about the colloquium series, or have any suggestions, please contact Sriram "Sri" Kalyanaraman E-mail: sri@unc.edu Phone: 919-843-5858