Lesson 11 - Absorption Addiction Model

Question 1

what is a parasocial relationship

Answer 1

a one sided rs with a celeb where a fan knows everything abt them but there is no chance of reciprocity

Question 2

entertainment social

Answer 2

1st level
celebs are seen as a source of entertainment for light hearted gossiping w friends

Question 3

intense personal

Answer 3

2nd level
private obsession and feeling of personal connection
eg. seen as a soulmate and have intense interest in celeb personal life

Question 4

borderline- pathological

Answer 4

3rd level
celeb worship
eg. intense fantasies and think if they met the celeb there would be reciprocity

Question 5

absorption addiction model

Answer 5

parasocial rs focus on a celeb make up for inadequacies in a persons real life and gives them an identity

Question 6

what do ppl w addictive natures do

Answer 6

escalate through the levels of par asocial rs until it becomes a total pre occupation w a celeb life

Question 7

absorption

Answer 7

ppl with weaker personal identity may become totally pre occupied with the life of a celeb and begin to identify with them

Question 8

addiction

Answer 8

the person seeks an even greater involvement so the para social rs becomes all consuming

Question 9

+ evaluation

Answer 9

+ links w loneliness - ppl dealing w recent loss
+stalkers have a history of failed sexual rs - reaction to social incompetence
+teenage girls w poor body image engage in par asocial rs

Question 10

• evaluation

Answer 10

• correlational , cause and effect isn’t clear which lowers scientific explanatory power + eg
• absorption addiction model is better suited to describing levels of par asocial rs than explaining how ppl got these attitudes