№ 23. Із щотижневого зведення Секретного відділу ДПУ УСРР № 20/30 за час з 15 до 21 травня 1927 р.

Even though there is extensive research on absorbing experiences with narrative media, an instrument able to measure different aspects of absorption in the story world of a textual narrative has yet to be developed. Such an instrument should be able to predict different evaluative responses while at the same time being sensitive to various stimulus materials, because it could help further the research into the relationships between narrative texts, absorbing experiences and entertainment outcomes. This paper develops such an instrument through a literature review, interview study, pilot study, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Attention, transportation, emotional engagement and mental imagery were found to be dimensions of story world absorption. The final scale is reliable, sensitive to different stimulus materials and able to predict two different evaluative responses: enjoyment and impact. It is argued that the text a reader reads determines the particular evaluative response to a story world absorption experience

Outcome value and outcome delay as determinant factors of suspense in film viewing: an experiment

In order to obtain a picture of how story events and story presentation factors of suspense work together in film, in this study a story events factor (Outcome Value) was directly compared with a story presentation factor (Outcome Delay) as to their influences on experienced suspense in four different film genres. 124 subjects took part in a 2 (Outcome Value) X 2 (Outcome Delay) between-subjects X 4 (film genre) within-subjects experimental design. The results reveal that, as expected, film genre is a major determinant factor of experienced suspense: Outcome Value significantly influenced experienced suspense in the two action oriented films (a thriller and a horror), whereas Outcome Delay significantly influenced experienced suspense in the two character oriented films (a classic romance and an art house romance). Counter to expectations there was no film in which both factors had a significant effect on suspense