parasocial relationships Flashcards
reasons why
lack in real life relatiosnship
dont experience the risk of criticism or rejection
what is parasocial relationship
-similar to normal relatiosnship but lacks a key element
-one sided
-one person spends time into a celebirty who does not even know there existence
levels of parasocial relatisonships
entertainment social
intense perosnal
borderline pathological
entertainment social
-least intense level of celebrity worship
-celebrities viewed as sources of entertainment
-e.g frinds enjoying discussing stories about ok magazine
celebrity worship syndrome
obssessive adictive disoder
individual becomes overly-involved (completly obsessed) with the life of a celebrity
suggetss more likely to be someone famous for pop music/television/film
intense-personal
intermediate level
-regcets greater perosnal involvemtn with celebrity
-e.g fan of kim k might have frequent obsessive tjoughts and intense feelings
borderline pathological
-streongest level of celebity worship
-uncontrollable fantasies and extremem behaviours
-e.g spending large amount of money on celebirty related object
absorption-addiction model
-individuals become psychologically absorbed with a celebirty to establish sense of fulfillement
-motivational forces during this absorption, may then take on addictive component
-leading to more extreme behaviours
what are the absorption addictions models 2 components
absorption-
addictions
absorption
seeking fulfilment in celebirty worship motivates the individual to focus on celebirty. to become pre-occupied in their existence and identify with them
addiction
simialr to drug, individual needs to sustain their commitement to relationship
-by feeling a strong and closer involvemnt with celeebirty
-may lead to extreme behaviours and delusion thinking
-e.g stalking celebrity as you feel they want to recipriocal feelings but manager stops them
