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Parasocial relationships

Lead

Mention mass media and/or social media, Founders Horton and Wohl, relationship with Parasocial interaction, one-sided relationship, with fictional characters or celebrities, relationship between media user and media character, self disclosure, sociology/psycology/communication

Article body

·     Early stages and background

·     Content

o  Social media affect

o  Celebrity endorcements and advertising

o  Fictional characters vs. celebrities

o  Affects of parasocial relationships (Parasocial breakup)

·     Application

·     Critique

References

Chung, S. and Cho, H. (2017). Fostering Parasocial Relationships with Celebrities on Social Media: Implications for Celebrity Endorsement. Psychology & Marketing, 34(4), pp.481-495.

Horton, D., & Richard Wohl, R. (1956). Mass communication and para-social interaction: Observations on intimacy at a distance. Psychiatry, 19(3), 215-229. doi:10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049

Ingram, J. and Luckett, Z. (2019). My friend Harry's a wizard: Predicting parasocial interaction with characters from fiction. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(2), pp.148-158.

Liebers, N. and Schramm, H. (2019). Parasocial Interactions and Relationships with Media Characters-An Inventory of 60 Years of Research. Communication Research Trends, 38(2), pp.4-31.

Rubin, Rebecca B.; McHugh, Michael P. (1987) Development of Parasocial Interaction Relationships. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 31(3), p279-292. DOI: 10.1080/08838158709386664.