Parasocial Interaction
Lasting psychological constructs through which we come to “know” media figures.
What are parasocial relationships?
Fame is considered to be this, while celebrity is a state of being.
What is a process?
Became a popular form means of boosting public morale during WW2.
What are radio interviews?
Studies have found this to be the primary motivation for fame for children ages 10-12.
What is for the sake of fame itself?
Considered to be the first famous individual.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Parasocial relationships are inherently this.
What is unidirectional?
There is a negative association between celebrity worship and this attribute.
What is religiosity?
In the 1950's, 5 out of 10 of the most popular primetime television shows fell into this category.
What are quiz shows?
One of the earliest studies on the topic, Levy's focus groups regarding parasocial relationships between people and their local newscasters found that people experience these common effects.
What are missing newscaster's when they were gone, thinking of the newscaster's as friends, and verbally addressing the newscaster?
Coined the phrase "in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."
Who is Andy Warhol?
Fictional characters who do not possess a visible human form, such as cartoon characters, are these order figures.
What are MF3 order figures?
High levels of encouragement from friends and family are associated with higher levels of these 2 of the 6 dimensions of interest in fame.
What are intensity and perceived suitability?
This type of show helped contribute to dramatic increases in home values.
What are makeover shows?
Giles (2002) developed a model of parasocial relationships that categorized media figured based on this.
What is the likelihood of encountering the figure in real life?
Fictional reenactments of real-life events.
What are docudramas?
The term used to describe the reaction to the death or disappearance of a fictional character.
What is a parasocial breakup?
The three aspects of celebrity worship measured by the Celebrity Attitude Scale.
What are entertainment-social factors, intense-personal factors, and borederline-pathological factors?
Identification with individuals involved in audience participation media may be stronger because these individuals are seen as this.
What are peers?
Levy (1985) used responses from viewers in order to create this psychometric scale to measure people’s attachment to media figures.
What is the parasocial interaction scale?
The idea of identification, the extent to which we accept another person’s point of view, developed out of which theoretical perspective?
What is psychoanalytic?
According to Perse and Rubin (1989), the three ways in which parasocial relationships resemble real relationships.
What are they are entered into voluntarily, they arise from social attractiveness and they fulfill a need for companionship?
Similarities between religion and fandom.
What are the collection of relics, acceptance of special treatment, and the creation of creative artistic works?
The 5 types of revelations in audience participation media, intended to produce spontaneous outbursts of emotion in participants.
What are winner announcement, the big reveal, delivery of judgement, mystery unmasking, answer disclosure?
Described by Donna Rockwell, based on her phenomenological research, the four phases of fame over time.
What are love/hate, addiction, acceptance and adaptation?
The Celebrity Attitude Scale implies an association between celebrity worship and this psychological disorder.
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?