3.6: Parasocial relationships Flashcards
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks)
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
Example
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
What does a parasocial relationship allow them?
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
What is this linked to?
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies,
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them.
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships is based on attachment theory
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them.
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships is based on attachment theory.
People form different types of attachments with caregivers during infancy which affect their relationships in later life
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them.
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships is based on attachment theory.
People form different types of attachments with caregivers during infancy which affect their relationships in later life.
What does the attachment theory propose?
The attachment theory proposes that people with a secure attachment style are not going to develop parasocial relationships, because they don’t need to fulfil any gap in their lives
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them.
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships is based on attachment theory.
People form different types of attachments with caregivers during infancy which affect their relationships in later life.
The attachment theory proposes that people with a secure attachment style are not going to develop parasocial relationships, because they don’t need to fulfil any gap in their lives.
People with an insecure-resistant attachment style however are more likely to form parasocial relationships as adults
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them.
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships is based on attachment theory.
People form different types of attachments with caregivers during infancy which affect their relationships in later life.
The attachment theory proposes that people with a secure attachment style are not going to develop parasocial relationships, because they don’t need to fulfil any gap in their lives.
People with an insecure-resistant attachment style however are more likely to form parasocial relationships as adults.
Why is this?
This is because they need to have unfulfilled needs met, but in a relationship that is not accompanied by the threat of rejection, break-up and disappointment that real-life relationships bring and parasocial relationships make no demands and do not involve criticism or the risk of rejection
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them.
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships is based on attachment theory.
People form different types of attachments with caregivers during infancy which affect their relationships in later life.
The attachment theory proposes that people with a secure attachment style are not going to develop parasocial relationships, because they don’t need to fulfil any gap in their lives.
People with an insecure-resistant attachment style however are more likely to form parasocial relationships as adults.
This is because they need to have unfulfilled needs met, but in a relationship that is not accompanied by the threat of rejection, break-up and disappointment that real-life relationships bring and parasocial relationships make no demands and do not involve criticism or the risk of rejection.
Through
Through parasocial relationships, they can feel a close, intimate bond with a celebrity without this fear of rejection as the celebrity is unaware of this relationship
Describe and evaluate one or more explanations of parasocial relationships (16 marks).
McCutcheon (2002) explains the tendency to form parasocial relationships in terms of deficiencies people have in their own lives.
For example, they may have a weak sense of self-identity and also lack fulfilment in their everyday relationships.
A parasocial relationship allows them an ‘escape from reality,’ or a way of finding a fulfilment that they can’t achieve in their actual relationships.
This is linked to the three levels of parasocial relationships.
Someone who initially has an entertainment-social orientation to a certain celebrity may be triggered into more intense involvement by a personal crisis or stress.
As the name implies, the absorption-addiction model has two components: Absorption and addiction.
Absorption is that seeking fulfilment in celebrity worship motivates the individual to focus their attention as far as possible on the celebrity, to become pre-occupied with them and identify with them.
Addiction is that this behaviour becomes an addiction and the individual needs to sustain their commitment to the relationship by feeling a stronger and closer involvement with the celebrity.
This may lead to more extreme behaviours and delusional thinking, such as stalking a celebrity because you believe that he or she really wants to reciprocate your feelings, but someone, their manager for example, is stopping them.
The attachment theory explanation for parasocial relationships is based on attachment theory.
People form different types of attachments with caregivers during infancy which affect their relationships in later life.
The attachment theory proposes that people with a secure attachment style are not going to develop parasocial relationships, because they don’t need to fulfil any gap in their lives.
People with an insecure-resistant attachment style however are more likely to form parasocial relationships as adults.
This is because they need to have unfulfilled needs met, but in a relationship that is not accompanied by the threat of rejection, break-up and disappointment that real-life relationships bring and parasocial relationships make no demands and do not involve criticism or the risk of rejection.
Through parasocial relationships, they can feel a close, intimate bond with a celebrity without this fear of rejection as the celebrity is unaware of this relationship.
People with insecure-avoidant attachment styles, on the other hand, prefer to avoid the pain and rejection of relationships altogether, whether they be social or parasocial
