Beyond a Fear of Death: Exploring the Terror Management Potential of Eudaimonic Entertainment
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren, Centre for Language Studies CLS , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren, Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren, Bedrijfscommunicatie , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren
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Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren, Centre for Language Studies CLS , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren, Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren, Bedrijfscommunicatie , Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Letteren
Art can be a safe space to explore and change how you think about death. People do not like to think about death. Our research showed that movies about loss touched especially those viewers who were afraid to lose a loved one. They immersed in the story world especially when the movie provided closure to the loss. We also measured responses to the art installation ’This Body that Once Was You (Bakels & Mascini, 2020), in which visitors visualised their own death. We found that art can invite people to emotionally process their fear of death and appreciate life more.
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