ABSTRACT
The vast majority of entertainment media is about people. Movies portray the faith of characters, talk shows host communicative guests, sports broadcasts feature competing athletes and sympathetic commentators. These people obviously add to the entertainment value of the media offerings in which they appear and in many cases, the success of the product totally depends on one single person. Without Jay Leno, watching the “Tonight Show” would be a boring experience. Without Lara Croft, the “Tomb Raider” computer games would be much less fun to play. Apparently, using media entertainment is most often about observing how people in the media look, what they are saying, and what they are doing (e.g., Flora, 2004). Given the dominating position of people in most entertainment media, it is more than probable that such observations (can) breed enjoyment.
