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TRANSPORTATION disbelief, suspension of entrancement, immersion, identification transportation Complete Term List

 

Dictionary Definition from Wordnet

1. envelopment: enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure -- (the act of enclosing something inside something else) 3. immersion: concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion -- (complete attention; intense mental effort) 1.entrance: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant -- (attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts") 2. entrance, spellbind -- (put into a trance)

 

 

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Working Definition:

entrancement is "a state of profound and world-changing absorption" (Nell, Mythic Structures in Narrative: 2002, [page??]) is associated with transportation in reading

evelopment is associated with transportation in film.

immersion is assoicated with transportation in VR

Disciplinary Definitions:

day-dreaming : an extremely vivid image, usually visual, which is often experienced when one is dropping off to sleep but under the control of the will and easily recounted afterward.  (Thagard, Mind, hypnagogic hallucination" [page??])

Comments:

Immersion maintains a sense of conscious agency, whereas transportation, envelopment, and entracement suggest passivity.

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