1. A method for generating a representation of a video media asset for inclusion in a media asset listing for the video media asset, comprising: monitoring, using a processor, user emotional responses that occur while the video media asset is presented to a user; retrieving a user emotional response selection criterion from a storage device; selecting, based on the retrieved user emotional response selection criterion, one of the monitored user emotional responses; identifying which portion of the video media asset was presented to the user when the selected one of the user emotional responses occurred; and generating, for the video media asset, a representation of the identified portion for inclusion in a media asset listing for the video media asset.