RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Green, Melanie C. A1 Chatham, Christopher A1 Sestir, Marc A. YR 2012 T1 Emotion and transportation into fact and fiction JF Scientific Study of Literature VO 2 IS 1 SP 37 OP 59 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.2.1.03gre PB John Benjamins SN 2210-4372, AB “Transportation into a narrative world” is a psychological mechanism through which narrative communication can affect beliefs (Green & Brock, 2000). Transportation, or psychological immersion into a story, entails imagery, emotionality, and attentional focus. Two studies (N = 92 and 126) suggested that when readers’ pre-reading emotional states match the emotional tone of a narrative, transportation into that narrative is increased. Low-arousal positive emotions (contentedness, thoughtful) also increase transportation. Transportation is also associated with greater story-consistent emotional response, even if the emotions evoked by the ending of the story are different from the emotional tone at the start of the story (and readers’ pre-reading emotions). Furthermore, labeling a narrative as fact versus fiction does not affect the intensity of emotional response., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ssol.2.1.03gre