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As such, we argue the need for scholars studying these topics to use coherent, clear, and commonly shared definitions of these terms. With this in mind, we offer a definition of prosocial and antisocial media content and effects based on the upholding and violation of overridingly salient intuitive altruistic intuitive motivations. We argue that media psychologists (as well as general population members) inherently use this conception to define these terms and present four survey studies supporting this claim. We reason that adopting a shared definition of prosocial and antisocial media content and effects could (1) help identify and account for inconsistencies in past research on these topics and (2) give rise to greater coherence in future work examining both the patterns of intuitive motivations represented in media content and the subsequent influence of media on audiences exposed to these content patterns. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1027\/1864-1105\/a000435","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,29]],"date-time":"2024-07-29T10:38:47Z","timestamp":1722249527000},"page":"256-270","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Toward Defining Prosocial and Antisocial Media Content in Terms of Intuitive Motivations"],"prefix":"10.1027","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Ron","family":"Tamborini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0039-9782","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Lindsay","family":"Hahn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3689-9161","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Joshua","family":"Baldwin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Brian","family":"Klebig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sujay","family":"Prabhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1469-7972","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Melinda","family":"Aley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Communication, Montana State University Billings, MT, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Hofer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eric","family":"Novotny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Workplace Research and Insights, Haworth, Holland, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-4495-1865","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Neha","family":"Sethi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"101","reference":[{"key":"c1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/a0018251"},{"key":"c2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","unstructured":"Batson, C. 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