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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Watching Online Videos at Work: The Role of Positive and Meaningful Affect for Recovery Experiences and Well-Being at the Workplace

Winston ConnorSophie H. JanickeLeonard ReineckeDiana Rieger

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Relaxation (psychology)Communicationmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciences050801 communication & media studiesVitalityAffect (psychology)EudaimoniaElevation (emotion)0508 media and communications0502 economics and businessGratitudeWell-beingJob satisfactionPsychologySocial psychology050203 business & managementmedia_common

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This study extends research on the relationship between hedonic and eudaimonic entertainment and its potential for recovery experiences and aspects of well-being (e.g., Rieger, Reinecke, Frischlich, & Bente, 2014). With the broad notion of what hedonic and eudaimonic media can entail, this research focused on unique affective experiences—namely, positive affect—and an expanded concept of meaningful affect (including elevation and gratitude). An online experiment with 148 full-time employees in the United States was conducted to investigate the unique role of positive and meaningful affect eliciting YouTube videos (compared to neutral control video) on recovery experiences and vitality and work satisfaction in the work context. A path model suggests that meaningful videos predicted mastery recovery experiences, whereas positive affect predicted psychological detachment and relaxation experiences. In addition, mastery recovery experiences predicted vitality, whereas relaxation experiences predicted satisfac...

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-10-11Mass Communication and Society
https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2017.1381264