Parasocial relationships Flashcards
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what are parasocial relationships?
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- these are one sided relationships
- one member is heavily invested
- other has limited or no awareness of their existence
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reasons for parasocial relationships: McCutheon (2002)
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- these relationships make up for real life deficits
- provides a sense of identity that may be missing
- can be addictive causing the individual to develop to more intense stages
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what are the levels of parasocial relationships?
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- entertainment social
- intense personal
- borderline pathalogical
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what is the entertainment social level?
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- celebs are discussed with friends for entertainment
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what is the intense personal level?
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- obsessive thoughts and emotions
- feeling the relationship is real in some way
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what is the borderline pathological level?
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- extreme uncontrollable behaviours for a celebrity
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what is the absorption addiction model?
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- McCutheon
- para social relationships are an attempt to escape reality of their own lives and their own relationships
- absorption
- addiction
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Absorption addiction model: absorption
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- intense involvement in finding info about the personal life and career of the celeb
- attempting to feel closer to them
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Absorption addiction model: addiction
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- behaviours escalate similar to a drug addiction
- become more extreme
- may result in attempt to contact or stalk the celeb
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what is bowlby’s attachment theory?
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- poor childhood relationships are thought to not provide an effective internal working model
- negatively impacting adult relationships
- insecure resistant= most at risk of poor attachment
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research support: Maltby (2006) poor mental health and CAS
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- two surveys completed
- CAS and questionnaires that measured depression and anxiety
- entertainment social individuals= social dysfunction in real relationships
- intense personal have high depression and anxiety scores
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research support: Maltby’s research is supported by McCutcheon
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- investigated if high scores scores on CAS was linked to poor relationships in 330 students
- anxious + poor quality relationships positively correlated with high CAS scores
- neg effects of CAS can effect real world relationships
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Evaluation: hard to test objectively
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- research is done on those who a;ready have para social relationships
- hard to test objectively= correlation
- hard to demonstrate cause and effect
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Evaluation: McCtcheons evidence against attachment affecting para social relationship
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- evidence against the attachment theory
- showing no links between attachment types and likelihood of forming para social relationship of 299 pp
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Evaluation: Jenkins and Jenson increase communication between fans
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- these relationships usually seen as psychopathological= negative
- they believe these relationships serve a positive function
- help social networks between other fans
