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Entertaining Purpose

Entertaining Purpose is an author's intent to engage, amuse, or captivate an audience through creative or imaginative expression, distinguishing it from informative, persuasive, or expository purposes by prioritizing aesthetic or emotional appeal over factual transmission or argumentation.

8

Publications

199

Citations

27

Authors

14

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Parents

Publications

8

How to behave as Alice in Wonderland–about boredom and curiosity

Joran van Aart, Christoph Bartneck, Jun Hu et al. · Entertainment Computing · 2010 · 61 citations

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Understanding the motivations for using Tinder

Rhiannon B. Kallis · Qualitative Research Reports in Communication · 2020 · 31 citations

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The Role of the Drunk in a Oaxacan Village<sup>1</sup>

Philip A. Dennis · American Anthropologist · 1975 · 29 citations

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Re-framing engagement for applied games: A conceptual framework

Isabelle Kniestedt, Iulia Lefter, Stephan Lukosch et al. · Entertainment Computing · 2021 · 22 citations · Full text

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Hawthorne as Editor: Selections from his Writings in the American Magazine for Useful and Entertaining Knowledge.

Stanley T. Williams, Arlin Turner · American Literature · 1941 · 17 citations

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Authors

27

  1. AT
    Arlin Turner

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

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  2. SK
    Sara Kepplinger

    University of Salzburg, Austria

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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  3. MM
    Marc Miletich

    University of Salzburg, Austria

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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  4. PA
    Philip A. Dennis

    Texas Tech University, United States

    1 publications · 29 citations

    1

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  5. LB
    Lea Buchweitz

    Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

    h-index

1–5 of 27

Institutions

14

  1. University of Canterbury

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  2. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

  3. Telekom Austria

    Vienna, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  4. Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  5. University of Salzburg

    Salzburg, Austria

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    40 citations

  6. Northumbria University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

  7. Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta

    Ciputat, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  8. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    122 citations

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Venues

  1. Entertainment Computing

    2 publications · 83 citations

    2

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  2. 1

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  3. Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

    QRRC · 1 publications · 31 citations

    1

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  4. Indonesian Journal of Educational Assesment

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. American Anthropologist

    1 publications · 29 citations

    1

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