Mary Beth Oliver - Publications

Affiliations: 
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States 
Area:
media psychology

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Year Citation  Score
2020 Dale KR, Janicke-Bowles SH, Raney AA, Oliver MB, Huse L, Lopez J, Reed A, Seibert J, Zhao D. Awe and Stereotypes: Examining Awe as an Intervention against Stereotypical Media Portrayals of African Americans Communication Studies. 71: 699-707. DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2020.1754264  0.334
2019 Ferchaud A, Oliver MB. It’s my choice: The effects of moral decision-making on narrative game engagement Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds. 11: 101-118. DOI: 10.1386/Jgvw.11.2.101_1  0.698
2019 Dale KR, Raney AA, Ji Q, Janicke-Bowles SH, Baldwin J, Rowlett JT, Wang C, Oliver MB. Self-transcendent emotions and social media: Exploring the content and consumers of inspirational Facebook posts New Media & Society. 22: 507-527. DOI: 10.1177/1461444819865720  0.349
2019 Janicke-Bowles SH, Raney AA, Oliver MB, Dale KR, Jones RP, Cox D. Exploring the Spirit in U.S. Audiences: The Role of the Virtue of Transcendence in Inspiring Media Consumption: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 107769901989492. DOI: 10.1177/1077699019894927  0.319
2019 Ellithorpe ME, Huang Y, Oliver MB. Reach Across the Aisle: Elevation From Political Messages Predicts Increased Positivity Toward Politics, Political Participation, and the Opposite Political Party Journal of Communication. 69: 249-272. DOI: 10.1093/Joc/Jqz011  0.359
2019 Oliver MB, Bilandzic H, Cohen J, Ferchaud A, Shade DD, Bailey EJ, Yang C. A Penchant for the Immoral: Implications of Parasocial Interaction, Perceived Complicity, and Identification on Liking of Anti-Heroes Human Communication Research. 45: 169-201. DOI: 10.1093/Hcr/Hqy019  0.735
2019 Clayton RB, Raney AA, Oliver MB, Neumann D, Janicke-Bowles SH, Dale KR. Feeling transcendent? Measuring psychophysiological responses to self-transcendent media content Media Psychology. 1-26. DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2019.1700135  0.373
2019 Ji Q, Janicke-Bowles SH, Leeuw RNHd, Oliver MB. The melody to inspiration: The effects of awe-eliciting music on approach motivation and positive well-being Media Psychology. 1-27. DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2019.1693402  0.349
2019 Krämer NC, Neubaum G, Winter S, Schaewitz L, Eimler S, Oliver MB. I feel what they say: the effect of social media comments on viewers’ affective reactions toward elevating online videos Media Psychology. 1-27. DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2019.1692669  0.35
2019 Bartsch A, Scherr S, Mares M, Oliver MB. Reflective thoughts about violent media content - development of a bilingual self-report scale in English and German Media Psychology. 1-26. DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2019.1647248  0.3
2019 Cohen J, Oliver MB, Bilandzic H. The Differential Effects of Direct Address on Parasocial Experience and Identification: Empirical Evidence for Conceptual Difference Communication Research Reports. 36: 78-83. DOI: 10.1080/08824096.2018.1530977  0.32
2018 Rieger D, Frischlich L, Oliver MB. Meaningful entertainment experiences and self-transcendence: Cultural variations shape elevation, values, and moral intentions: International Communication Gazette. 80: 658-676. DOI: 10.1177/1748048518802218  0.379
2018 Ji Q, Raney AA, Janicke-Bowles SH, Dale KR, Oliver MB, Reed A, Seibert J, Raney AA. Spreading the Good News: Analyzing Socially Shared Inspirational News Content Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 96: 872-893. DOI: 10.1177/1077699018813096  0.319
2018 Bartsch A, Oliver MB, Nitsch C, Scherr S. Inspired by the Paralympics Effects of Empathy on Audience Interest in Para-Sports and on the Destigmatization of Persons With Disabilities Communication Research. 45: 525-553. DOI: 10.1177/0093650215626984  0.401
2018 Oliver MB, Raney AA, Slater MD, Appel M, Hartmann T, Bartsch A, Schneider FM, Janicke-Bowles SH, Krämer N, Mares M, Vorderer P, Rieger D, Dale KR, Das E. Self-transcendent Media Experiences: Taking Meaningful Media to a Higher Level Journal of Communication. 68: 380-389. DOI: 10.1093/Joc/Jqx020  0.374
2018 Raney AA, Janicke SH, Oliver MB, Dale KR, Jones RP, Cox D. Profiling the Audience for Self-Transcendent Media: A National Survey Mass Communication and Society. 21: 296-319. DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2017.1413195  0.393
2017 Krämer NC, Eimler SC, Neubaum G, Winter S, Rösner L, Oliver MB. Broadcasting one world: How watching online videos can elicit elevation and reduce stereotypes New Media & Society. 19: 1349-1368. DOI: 10.1177/1461444816639963  0.371
2017 Dale KR, Raney AA, Janicke SH, Sanders MS, Oliver MB. YouTube for Good: A Content Analysis and Examination of Elicitors of Self-Transcendent Media Journal of Communication. 67: 897-919. DOI: 10.1111/Jcom.12333  0.732
2017 Slater MD, Oliver MB, Appel M, Tchernev JM, Silver NA. Mediated Wisdom of Experience Revisited: Delay Discounting, Acceptance of Death, and Closeness to Future Self Human Communication Research. 44: 80-101. DOI: 10.1093/Hcr/Hqx004  0.321
2016 Downs E, Oliver MB. How Can Wii Learn from Video Games?: Examining Relationships between Technological Affordances and Socio-Cognitive Determinates on Affective and Behavioral Outcomes International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. 8: 28-43. DOI: 10.4018/Ijgcms.2016010103  0.756
2016 Bowman ND, Oliver MB, Rogers R, Sherrick B, Woolley J, Chung MY. In control or in their shoes? How character attachment differentially influences video game enjoyment and appreciation Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds. 8: 83-99. DOI: 10.1386/Jgvw.8.1.83_1  0.774
2016 Slater MD, Oliver MB, Appel M. Poignancy and Mediated Wisdom of Experience: Narrative Impacts on Willingness to Accept Delayed Rewards Communication Research. 46: 333-354. DOI: 10.1177/0093650215623838  0.382
2016 Oliver MB, Bowman ND, Woolley JK, Rogers R, Sherrick BI, Chung M. Video games as meaningful entertainment experiences. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. 5: 390-405. DOI: 10.1037/Ppm0000066  0.776
2015 Myrick JG, Oliver MB. Laughing and crying: mixed emotions, compassion, and the effectiveness of a YouTube PSA about skin cancer. Health Communication. 30: 820-9. PMID 24877892 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.845729  0.336
2015 Oliver MB, Kim K, Hoewe J, Chung MY, Ash E, Woolley JK, Shade DD. Media-induced elevation as a means of enhancing feelings of intergroup connectedness Journal of Social Issues. 71: 106-122. DOI: 10.1111/Josi.12099  0.766
2015 Eden A, Oliver MB, Tamborini R, Limperos A, Woolley J. Perceptions of Moral Violations and Personality Traits Among Heroes and Villains Mass Communication and Society. 18: 186-208. DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2014.923462  0.744
2015 Shade DD, Kornfield S, Oliver MB. The Uses and Gratifications of Media Migration: Investigating the Activities, Motivations, and Predictors of Migration Behaviors Originating in Entertainment Television Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 59: 318-341. DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2015.1029121  0.329
2014 Oliver MB, Ash E, Woolley JK, Shade DD, Kim K. Entertainment We Watch and Entertainment We Appreciate: Patterns of Motion Picture Consumption and Acclaim Over Three Decades Mass Communication and Society. 17: 853-873. DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2013.872277  0.736
2014 Bartsch A, Kalch A, Oliver MB. Moved to think: The role of emotional media experiences in stimulating reflective thoughts Journal of Media Psychology. 26: 125-140. DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/A000118  0.4
2014 Tsay-Vogel M, Oliver MB. Is watching others self-disclose enjoyable?: An examination of the effects of information delivery in entertainment media Journal of Media Psychology. 26: 111-124. DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/A000116  0.381
2013 Kim J, Oliver MB. How Do We Regulate Sadness Through Entertainment Messages? Exploring Three Predictions Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 57: 374-391. DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2013.816708  0.365
2013 Kuiken D, Oliver MB. Aesthetic engagement during moments of suffering The Scientific Study of Literature. 3: 294-321. DOI: 10.1075/Ssol.3.2.07Kui  0.327
2013 Khoo GS, Oliver MB. The therapeutic effects of narrative cinema through clarification: Reexamining catharsis The Scientific Study of Literature. 3: 266-293. DOI: 10.1075/Ssol.3.2.06Kho  0.728
2012 Oliver MB, Dillard JP, Bae K, Tamul DJ. The effect of narrative news format on empathy for stigmatized groups Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. 89: 205-224. DOI: 10.1177/1077699012439020  0.562
2012 Oliver MB, Hartmann T, Woolley JK. Elevation in Response to Entertainment Portrayals of Moral Virtue Human Communication Research. 38: 360-378. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2958.2012.01427.X  0.77
2012 Krakowiak KM, Oliver MB. When Good Characters Do Bad Things: Examining the Effect of Moral Ambiguity on Enjoyment Journal of Communication. 62: 117-135. DOI: 10.1111/J.1460-2466.2011.01618.X  0.361
2011 Oliver MB, Raney AA. Entertainment as Pleasurable and Meaningful: Identifying Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motivations for Entertainment Consumption Journal of Communication. 61: 984-1004. DOI: 10.1111/J.1460-2466.2011.01585.X  0.363
2011 Kim J, Oliver MB. What combination of message characteristics determines hedonic and counter-hedonic preferences? An examination of the interplay between valence and semantic affinity Media Psychology. 14: 121-143. DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2011.573462  0.388
2011 Oliver MB, Bartsch A. Appreciation of entertainment Journal of Media Psychology. 23: 29-33. DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/A000029  0.375
2011 Bartsch A, Oliver MB. Making Sense of Entertainment Journal of Media Psychology. 23: 12-17. DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/A000026  0.351
2010 Oliver MB, Hartmann T. Exploring the role of meaningful experiences in users’ appreciation of “good movies” Projections. 4: 128-150. DOI: 10.3167/Proj.2010.040208  0.401
2010 Oliver MB, Bartsch A. Appreciation as audience response: Exploring entertainment gratifications beyond hedonism Human Communication Research. 36: 53-81. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2958.2009.01368.X  0.417
2010 Woolley JK, Limperos AM, Oliver MB. The 2008 presidential election, 2.0: A content analysis of user-generated political facebook groups Mass Communication and Society. 13: 631-652. DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2010.516864  0.732
2010 Yang H, Oliver MB. Exploring the effects of television viewing on perceived life quality: A combined perspective of material value and upward social comparison Mass Communication and Society. 13: 118-138. DOI: 10.1080/15205430903180685  0.465
2009 Oliver MB. Influences of authoritarianism and portrayals of race on Caucasian viewers’ responses to reality‐based crime dramas Communication Reports. 9: 141-150. DOI: 10.1080/08934219609367646  0.333
2008 Oliver MB, Yang H, Ramasubramanian S, Kim J, Lee S. Exploring implications of perceived media reinforcement on third-person perceptions Communication Research. 35: 745-769. DOI: 10.1177/0093650208324267  0.752
2008 Oliver MB. Tender affective states as predictors of entertainment preference Journal of Communication. 58: 40-61. DOI: 10.1111/J.1460-2466.2007.00373.X  0.37
2008 Mares ML, Oliver MB, Cantor J. Age differences in adults' emotional motivations for exposure to films Media Psychology. 11: 488-511. DOI: 10.1080/15213260802492026  0.648
2008 Yang H, Ramasubramanian S, Oliver MB. Cultivation effects on quality of life indicators: Exploring the effects of American television consumption on feelings of relative deprivation in South Korea and India Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 52: 247-267. DOI: 10.1080/08838150801992060  0.712
2007 Ramasubramanian S, Oliver MB. Activating and Suppressing Hostile and Benevolent Racism: Evidence for Comparative Media Stereotyping Media Psychology. 9: 623-646. DOI: 10.1080/15213260701283244  0.706
2007 Oliver MB, Kalyanaraman S, Mahood C, Ramasubramanian S. Sexual and violent imagery in movie previews: Effects on viewers' perceptions and anticipated enjoyment Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 51: 596-614. DOI: 10.1080/08838150701626446  0.695
2005 Sundar SS, Oliver MB. Student-Friendly Journals and Journal-Friendly Curricula Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 60: 6-12. DOI: 10.1177/107769580506000103  0.305
2004 Yang H, Oliver MB. Exploring the Effects of Online Advertising on Readers' Perceptions of Online News Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 81: 733-749. DOI: 10.1177/107769900408100402  0.458
2004 Oliver MB, Nabi RL. Exploring the Concept of Media Enjoyment: An Introduction to the Special Issue Communication Theory. 14: 285-287. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2885.2004.Tb00315.X  0.306
2003 Ramasubramanian S, Oliver MB. Portrayals of sexual violence in popular Hindi films, 1997-99 Sex Roles. 48: 327-336. DOI: 10.1023/A:1022938513819  0.676
2003 Oliver MB, Banjo O, Kim J. Judging a movie by its cover: A content analysis of sexual portrayals on video rental jackets Sexuality and Culture. 7: 38-56. DOI: 10.1007/S12119-003-1002-X  0.304
2003 Oliver MB. African American men as “criminal and dangerous”: Implications of media portrayals of crime on the “criminalization” of African American men Journal of African American Studies. 7: 3-18. DOI: 10.1007/S12111-003-1006-5  0.302
2002 Oliver MB, Kalyanaraman S. Appropriate for All Viewing Audiences? An Examination of Violent and Sexual Portrayals in Movie Previews Featured on Video Rentals Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 46: 283-299. DOI: 10.1207/S15506878Jobem4602_7  0.316
2002 Oliver MB, Fonash D. Race and Crime in the News: Whites' Identification and Misidentification of Violent and Nonviolent Criminal Suspects Media Psychology. 4: 137-156. DOI: 10.1207/S1532785Xmep0402_02  0.359
2000 Oliver MB, Weaver JB, Sargent SL. An Examination of Factors Related to Sex Differences in Enjoyment of Sad Films Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 44: 282-300. DOI: 10.1207/S15506878Jobem4402_8  0.321
1999 Oliver MB. Caucasian viewers' memory of black and white criminal suspects in the news Journal of Communication. 49: 46-60. DOI: 10.1111/J.1460-2466.1999.Tb02804.X  0.306
1998 Oliver MB, Sargent SL, Weaver JBI. The impact of sex and gender role self-perception on affective reactions to different types of film Sex Roles. 38: 45-62. DOI: 10.1023/A:1018760427785  0.383
1994 SEDIKIDES C, OLIVER MB, CAMPBELL WK. Perceived benefits and costs of romantic relationships for women and men: Implications for exchange theory Personal Relationships. 1: 5-21. DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-6811.1994.Tb00052.X  0.31
1994 Oliver MB. Portrayals of Crime, Race, and Aggression in “Reality-Based” Police Shows: A Content Analysis Journal of Broadcasting &Amp; Electronic Media. 38: 179-192. DOI: 10.1080/08838159409364255  0.32
1993 Oliver MB, Hyde JS. Gender differences in sexuality: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin. 114: 29-51. PMID 8346327 DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.114.1.29  0.305
1993 Oliver MB. Adolescents' Enjoyment of Graphic Horror Effects of Viewers' Attitudes and Portrayals of Victim Communication Research. 20: 30-50. DOI: 10.1177/009365093020001002  0.333
1993 Oliver MB. Exploring the Paradox of the Enjoyment of Sad Films Human Communication Research. 19: 315-342. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2958.1993.Tb00304.X  0.342
1992 Oliver MB, Sedikides C. Effects of sexual permissiveness on desirability of partner as a function of low and high commitment to relationship. Social Psychology Quarterly. 55: 321-333. DOI: 10.2307/2786800  0.324
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