Spoilers as (Un)Wanted Information: How Reader’s Engagement with Paratextual Material Affects Wellbeing
Engaging with a text allows one to enter a flow state through the actions or reading/viewing a narrative or event. Spoilers, which provide information about the text but bypassing the intended reading path as set out by the author, can serve to interrupt a state of flow, dissuade one from even attem...
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De Gruyter
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Open Information Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2022-0130 |