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. 2016 Jun;106(6):1002–1010. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303072

TABLE 2—

East Los High Audience Narrative Engagement: United States, 2013

Survey Item Total Mean ±SD Target Mean ±SD
Audience program ratinga
Storyline appeal 4.68 ±0.79 4.61 ±0.83
Enjoyment of Hulu drama series 4.88 ±0.45 4.93 ±0.26
Enjoyment of transmedia extensions 4.56 ±0.86 4.58 ±0.83
Production quality 4.74 ±0.53 4.73 ±0.55
Wanting more 4.96 ±0.23 4.97 ±0.17
Audience narrative engagementb
Attention focus 1.34 ±0.50 1.35 ±0.49
Narrative understanding 1.37 ±0.56 1.31 ±0.49
Narrative presence 1.51 ±0.67 1.49 ±0.68
Perceived realism 1.35 ±0.51 1.30 ±0.48
Cognitive processing 1.42 ±0.62 1.42 ±0.62
Emotional engagement 1.44 ±0.62 1.46 ±0.67
Audience character identificationc
You feel like you know
 Jacob 1.43 ±0.70 1.40 ±0.70
 Jessie 1.57 ±0.82 1.48 ±0.77
 Maya 1.45 ±0.81 1.53 ±0.88
 Ceci 1.72 ±0.94 1.70 ±1.04
 Vanessa 1.91 ±1.05 1.91 ±1.12
 Abe (Ceci’s abusive boyfriend) 3.14 ±1.34 3.19 ±1.42
 Freddie (Vanessa trades him sex for a favor) 3.24 ±1.33 3.13 ±1.31
 Ramon (Maya’s rapist) 3.09 ±1.30 2.98 ±1.25
You like
 Jacob 1.31 ±0.70 1.22 ±0.62
 Jessie 2.28 ±1.40 2.21 ±1.44
 Maya 1.51 ±0.99 1.52 ±1.00
 Ceci 1.55 ±0.76 1.51 ±0.72
 Vanessa 2.73 ±1.50 2.62 ±1.50
 Abe (Ceci’s abusive boyfriend) 3.72 ±1.43 3.55 ±1.51
 Freddie (Vanessa trades him sex for a favor) 3.40 ± 1.46 3.25 ±1.47
 Ramon (Maya’s rapist) 3.76 ±1.40 3.63 ±1.45
a

1 = poor; 5 = excellent.

b

Items are derived from Green and Brock18 and Busselle and Bilandzic.20 1 = strongly agree; 5 = strongly disagree.

c

Items are derived from Moyer-Gusé16 and Murphy et al.19