parasocial relationships

Question 1

Parasocial relationship

Answer 1

One way relationship to a person most often celebrity know intimately - follow social media but hardly know you exist

Question 2

Levels of parasocial relationship who?

Answer 2

McCucheon et al celebrity attitude scale consist of 23 items scored on a likert scale 1-5 points

Question 3

What are the three different levels

Answer 3

Entertainment social
Intense personal
Borderline pathological

Question 4

Entertainment social

Answer 4

Celeb entertainment entertain and stimulate social interaction and gossip with peers

Question 5

Intense personal

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Strong personal feeling of attraction

Question 6

Borderline pathological

Answer 6

Obsessed Behavioural fantasies imagine that they have a special relationship

Question 7

Horton and wohl

Answer 7

celeb knowing private details due to increase in media

Question 8

McCutcheon et al

Answer 8

Related to eyesencks extroversion neuroticism and psychoticism
Individuals personality type affects cas socore

Question 9

Levy and McCutcheon

Answer 9

Scored highly on cas scale were less intelligent than those scoring low

Question 10

Absorption addiction model

Answer 10

McCutcheon a fan parasocial relationship are an attempt to escape the reality of their lives and make up for deficits in their real life relationships - sense of identity

Lack social skills low self esteem more likely to develop borderline pathological parasocial relationships

Question 11

Absorption

Answer 11

Intense involvement personal life and career of celeb to feel closer to

Question 12

Addiction

Answer 12

Behaviour escalates more extreme and could result in attempts to contact or stalk celeb

Question 13

Maltby et al methods + results

Answer 13

Large scale study cas to added attitudes 372 men and woman towards celebs

22% p classed as celebrity worshippers

Those who followed for entertainment didn’t have significant mental health problems highest levels celeb worship were often lonely

Question 14

Maltby et al conclusion

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Those who followed for entertainment didn’t have significant mental health problems highest levels celeb worship were often lonely and antisocial - full gaps in real life relationships *+++++

Question 15

Gibbs

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+ some individuals celebs provide them with parasocial friendships that meet their companionships needs +++ McCutcheon that people develop due to lack of social skills

Question 16

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Answer 16

Links between personality type and level of parasocial relationship

Question 17

• absorption addiction model

Answer 17

Provides descriptions rather than explanations of processes involved in parasocial relationship just correlational study’s not cause and effect

Question 18

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Answer 18

Celeb changes the Individuals personality rather than other other way round

Question 19

Limited evidence

Answer 19

Reliability and validity issues with model

Question 20

Jenkins and jenson +

Answer 20

Parasocial relation have positive role to play social function developing relationships with other fans sharing appreciation however some result in stalking