The psychology of music in multimedia / edited by Siu-Lan Tan, Annabel J. Cohen, Scott D. Lipscomb, Roger A. Kendall.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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For most of the history of film-making, music has played an integral role serving many functions - such as conveying emotion, heightening tension, and influencing interpretation and inferences about events and characters. More recently, with the enormous growth of the gaming industry and the Internet, a new role for music has emerged. However, all of these applications of music depend on complex mental processes which are being identified through research on human participants inmultimedia contexts. The Psychology of Music in Multimedia is the first book dedicated to this fascinating topic. The.

Cover; Contents; Companion Website; Contributors; 1 Introduction: The psychology of music in multimedia; Part I: Models and Multidisciplinary Perspectives; 2 Congruence-Association Model of music and multimedia: Origin and evolution; 3 Experimental semiotics applied to visual, sound, and musical structures; 4 Integrating media effects research and music psychology; 5 Musical analysis for multimedia: A perspective from music theory; 6 Emotion and music in narrative films: A neuroscientific perspective; Part II: Cross-Modal Relations in Multimedia.

7 Perceived congruence between auditory and visual elements in multimedia8 How pitch and loudness shape musical space and motion; 9 Cross-modal alignment of accent structures in multimedia; Part III: Interpretation and Meaning; 10 Music videos and visual influences on music perception and appreciation: Should you want your MTV?; 11 Music and memory in film and other multimedia: The Casablanca effect; Part IV: Applications: Music and Sound in Multimedia; 12 Children's media: The role of music and audio features; 13 Playing with sound: The role of music and sound effects in gaming.

14 Music in television advertising and other persuasive media15 Auditory icons, earcons, and displays: Information and expression through sound; 16 Understanding the impact of surround sound in multimedia; Part V: Future Research Directions; 17 Future research directions for music and sound in multimedia; Author index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Subject index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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