A walk through the wardrobe -- Behavioral patterns -- Emotional involvement -- Cognitive involvement -- Equipment for living morally -- Technocrat villain -- Ordinary hero -- Puppeteer -- Unlikely alliance -- Love and friendships -- The untenable position -- Moral ambiguity -- Postmodern immersion and interactivity
Summary
Media Marathoning analyzes readers' focused engagement with story worlds. Drawing from qualitative studies of marathoners and textual analysis of commonly marathoned stories, this book presents a holistic look at the rewards, costs, and values that course through many marathoners' experiences to chart the cultural implications of media marathoning
