Suspense is one key feature in modern storytelling. One of the mechanisms to deliver a suspenseful experience to an audience is by means of controlling the information provided. The media, however, has a very strong impact on what kind of information can be delivered and how. Moreover, modern storytelling is usually conveyed interactively, in such a way that the audience is also part of the story. In this paper, we experiment and analyse the different impact of information management in interactive and non-interactive storytelling. We report on an experiment measuring the reported perceived amusement in interactive and non-interactive versions of a potentially suspenseful story, and we provide evidence that a passive, non-interactive audience usually prefers less information than an active interactive audience. The study provides informed insight on how these results could be used in real scenarios to deliver appropriate levels of information to enhance the perception of suspense.

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交互式和非交互式悬疑故事中的信息管理*

悬念是现代叙事的一大特色。向观众提供悬疑体验的机制之一是通过控制所提供的信息。然而，媒体对可以传递什么样的信息以及如何传递有着非常大的影响。此外，现代讲故事通常以交互方式传达，这样观众也是故事的一部分。在本文中，我们试验和分析了信息管理在交互式和非交互式叙事中的不同影响。我们报告了一项实验，该实验测量了潜在悬疑故事的交互式和非交互式版本中报告的感知娱乐性，我们提供的证据表明，被动的非交互式观众通常比积极的互动观众更喜欢更少的信息。