Parasocial Relationships Flashcards
Parasocial relationships
One sided, unreciprocated relationships usually with a celebrity on which fan spends lost of emotional energy and commitment
CAS developed to measure (celeb attitude scale)
Entertainment social
Least intense level of celebrity worship
At this level Celebes r viewed as sources of entertainment + fuel for social interaction
Borderline pathological
Strongest level of celebrity worship, uncontrollable fantasies and extreme behaviours
Spending a large sum of money on celeb related object or illegal act (running onto stage)
Intense personal
Intermediate level which reflects greater personal involvement in p rel
Fan of Kim k might have obbsesssive thoughts and feelings about her
Absorption addiction model
U absorb what ur lack in ur everyday life
McCutcheon linked levels to deficiencies people have (low self esteem and lack fulfilment in everyday re)
Absorption
Seeking fufillment in celeb worship
Motivates individual to focus their attention on celeb
Addiction
Physiological addiction - idea that indiv needs to increase dosage to gain satisfaction
E.g stalking celeb as believes they reciprocate
Attachment theory exoplantion
Psychs argue that there is a tendency to form para s relationships in adolescence +
Adulthood because of attachment difficult in early childhood
Bowlby - early difficulties = mosh trouble later in life
Ainsworth
Insecure resistant - more likely to perform para rels as adults as they seek to have their unfulfilled needs met but in a relationship, to with the threat of rejection, break up, and disappointment
Insecure avoidant - prefer to avoid the pain and rejection of relationships altogether wheather it is social or parasocial
Support - attachment ex
Cole and leets
Founds adolescents with ir attachments were more likely to have parasocual rels with tv media personaltitiwa rgab raise with secure and ia atts supporting idea that those with ir attachment and more attracted to para rels
Support cas
Predictive validity
Mcctucheone et al used CAs to measure level of para rels and assessed rel problems
Participant who scored as bp and ip tended to experience a high degree of anxiety in intimate rel
Es socores didnt
Lim - research
McCtucheon measures att types in 299 USA participants
Researches found att security did not affect likelihood of forming paras rels with celeb
Insecure attachments were no more likely to form such rels than participants with sec att
Shows para rels r not easy of compensating for attachment issues as claimed
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