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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Parasocial relationships"”.
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The Role of Potential for Interaction in Parasocial Relationships
… research suggests that individuals can develop parasocial relationships, or strong emotional attachments to figures in the media. While these relationships typically only involve a one-way exchange of information (target to viewer), viewers still receive many positive benefits that are typical …
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Introversion and the Use of Parasocial Interaction to Satisfy Belongingness Needs
… universal need to belong through close personal relationships (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). However, introverts engage less in the social behaviors that provide the opportunity to establish and maintain these relationships (Mehl, Gosling, & Pennebaker, 2006; Rusting & Larsen, 1995). Some evidence …
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The Parasocial Experiences of Twitch Streamers
<p>The literature surrounding parasocial relationships (PSRs) has been expansive but lacks the perspective of how parasocial relationships can impact the media figure in certain contexts, specifically in regard to Twitch livestreamers and their communities. Previous research has examined how PSRs …
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Minority Stress and TV Viewing Behaviors among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults
… among LGB adults. The present study examined the relationships between minority stressors and TV consumption behaviors (i.e., parasocial relationships and viewing frequency) among adult LGB TV viewers. Participants (N = 340) identified predominately as White (52.9%) and female (72.1%), and the …
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Assessing Parasocial Interactions and Relationships in Real Time
Parasocial interaction and parasocial relationships refer to the connections people form with media characters, particularly through watching television. Transportation is a term used to explain narrative absorption. These concepts have been studied extensively in communication, particularly in …
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Exploring the role of source, content, and audience factors in shaping sharing behaviour among social media influencers’ followers in Saudi Arabia
… and self-efficacy are studied. It is argued that parasocial relationships between influencers and their followers act as a mediator between these factors and sharing behaviour. Additionally, the potential moderating role of verification behaviour – the follower’s tendency to seek validation for …
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Insecure Adult Attachment Predicts Engagement with Narrative Fiction
… how deeply involved people become in social relationships, but do they also influence the extent to which they become invested in fictional social worlds? In Studies 13, we found that an interaction between attachment anxiety and avoidance predicted becoming more absorbed into a story at both …
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Playing alone, feeling connected: do single-player video games with social surrogates replenish belonging after social rejection
… that can replenish belonging. Players can form parasocial relationships (one-way psychological bonds) with a non-player character in the game; players can also immerse themselves in the social worlds and feel like a member of a collective presented in the video game. Although existing theories …
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An enterprise for magic, dragons, and Impalas: An evaluation of parasocial interactions and fan discourse in four genre fandom online discussion forums
… anthropology, psychology, and media studies. As parasocial interactions (PSI) are increasingly becoming observable and associated with fandom, it brings to question the role of parasocial relationships (PSR) in fandom communities. By conducting a content analysis, this study analyzes the presence …
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An enterprise for magic, dragons, and Impalas: An evaluation of parasocial interactions and fan discourse in four genre fandom online discussion forums
… anthropology, psychology, and media studies. As parasocial interactions (PSI) are increasingly becoming observable and associated with fandom, it brings to question the role of parasocial relationships (PSR) in fandom communities. By conducting a content analysis, this study analyzes the presence …
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GET INTO IT: UNPACKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEGEMONIC NORMS AND THE RACE AND GENDER OF POP ARTISTS
… feminist theories, hegemonic norms, parasocial relationships, celebrity appeal, and norms, the researcher wanted to understand if there are clear relationship among these frameworks in modern society. This study employed a 2x2 2between subjects factorial design method to gather …
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The Effect of Facebook on Parasocial Interaction in Local News
News agencies' ratings often hinge on the relationships their anchors build with viewers. Strong feelings of parasocial interaction, or these on-sided "relationships" audiences feel with on-screen media figures, have been found to be a strong predictor of media use. Local news stations have long …
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Correlations Between Parasocial Tendencies and Self-Esteem Among Romance Readers
… benefits that they apply to their real-life relationships. Additionally, low self-esteem has been shown to have a major effect on relationship satisfaction and the perception of rejection with real-life relationships, but not parasocial relationships. The researcher hypothesized that as …
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The Rise of the Cybercelebrity: Understanding celebrity production and the construction of authenticity on YouTube using YouTube Gamer Mini Ladd
… performance of personal authenticity affects parasocial relationships (Giles, 2002; Rojek, 2016) created with fans. This thesis debates how well-known YouTubers are redefining current definitions of celebrity by re-introducing the term ‘cybercelebrity’(see Edwards and Jeffreys, 2010) to …
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The Million-Dollar Question: Why Pre-Adolescents Watch Television
… and television offers potential to develop parasocial relationships 2) youth need intimacy and television is an activity they can do with and talk about with friends and 3) youth need to learn about the new group they’re being socialized into and television offers portrayals of future …
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The Banality of the Social: A Philosophy of Communication of Social Media Influencer Marketing
… interplay between charismatic leadership and parasocial relationships, I consider the consequences of Arendt’s social condition consisting of a blur between private and public spheres in hyper-form as they appear through social media influencer marketing. These scholars do not specifically …
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Finding my therapeutic voice: a heuristic enquiry into the power of magic
… instances such as: magical thinking, dreams, parasocial relationships, symbolism, music and thanatophobia. Data were obtained through thematic analysis, where four superordinate themes were discovered. These themes demonstrated how the participant communicated with the unconscious mind, the …
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Till Death Do Us Part: Analyzing the Impact of Multiple Moral Violations on Parasocial Relationship Boundary Conditions
… how transgression frequency and severity, parasocial relationships (PSRs), and personal perceptions of celebrities influence viewers' responses to morally ambiguous characters. Utilizing a mixed between-within subjects design, the research explored their impact on moral disengagement, PSRs, …
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Patches, Silos, Networks: Women's Ways of Leading in South African Fisheries Value Chains
… the value chain. Without the generation of new relationships/leads occurring in the background, it would not have been possible to find particular patches. When the research was pivoted to digital research due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the "patches" seemed more adrift, and possibly more …
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