Attraction Of Celebrity- Parasocial Relationships

Question 1

Meyrowitz

Answer 1

Extreme reactions exhibited at death of a celebrity eg Elvis and Lennon. Similar to real relationships

Question 2

Eyal and Cohen

Answer 2

279 students did questionnaire on parasocial relationships with friends characters. Amount of breakup distress was best predicted by the intensity of the relationship

Question 3

Giles

Answer 3

3 types of people we can form parasocial relationships with:
▶️real people eg TV presenters
▶️fictional human characters eg soap operas
▶️fiction non human characters eg cartoons