Parasocial relationships with audiences favorite celebrities : the role of audience and celebrity characteristics in a representative Flemish sample
Abstract: This article provides insight into one form of audience involvement with celebrities: parasocial relationships (PSR). To address several shortcomings in PSR research focus on TV, confusion between PSI (parasocial interaction) and PSR, use of student samples, neglect of socio-demographic variables a representative online survey was conducted with 1000 Flemish adults who indicated 382 celebrities as favorites. A new scale reveals that PSR contain two important elements: emotional connections and an analogy with social relationships. Confirming previous research, most favorite celebriti... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Schlagwörter: | Mass communications |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28655729 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1236840151162165141 |