Captivated and Grossed Out: An Examination of Processing Core and Sociomoral Disgusts in Entertainment Media

摘要: While disgust repels and offends us, it has functionally evolved over time to compel our attention—both core disgusts (i.e., blood, guts, body products) sociomoral violations injustices, brutality, racism)—making a quality of many entertainment messages that may keep audiences engrossed engaged. An experiment exposed participants two types in TV/film collected self-report emotional responses, psychophysiological indicators dynamic cognitive processing, recognition memory for content. Results demonstrate no are alike: Sociomoral captivate attention elicit slower, more thoughtful response pattern than disgusts, the nature elicits different responses as well.