Are Spoilers Actually Good?

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SPOILER ALERT: Science says spoilers actually benefit stories... maybe.

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CITATIONS:
[1] Leavitt, Jonathan D., and Nicholas J. S. “Story Spoilers Don’t Spoil Stories.” Psychological Science 22, no. 9 (September 2011): 1152–54. doi:10.1177/0956797611417007.

[2] Johnson, Benjamin K., and Judith E. Rosenbaum. “Spoiler Alert: Consequences of Narrative Spoilers for Dimensions of Enjoyment, Appreciation, and Transportation.” Communication Research 42, no. 8 (December 2015): 1068–88. doi:10.1177/0093650214564051.

[3] Leavitt, Jonathan & Christenfeld, Nicholas. (2013). The fluency of spoilers: Why giving away endings improves stories. Scientific Study of Literature. 3. 10.1075/ssol.3.1.09lea.

[4] Johnson, Benjamin & E. Rosenbaum, Judith. (2017). (Don’t) Tell Me How It Ends: Spoilers, Enjoyment, and Involvement in Television and Film. Media Psychology. 1-31. 10.1080/15213269.2017.1338964.

[5] Daniel, Thomas A., and Jeffrey S. Katz. “Spoilers Affect the Enjoyment of Television Episodes but Not Short Stories.” Psychological Reports, (August 2018). doi:10.1177/0033294118793971.

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