R10. Parasocial Relationships Flashcards
1
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Stages of Parasocial Relationships
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- entertainment-social
- intense-personal
- social pathological
2
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Entertainment-Social
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- celebrity used as source of gossip, strengthens IRL relationships die to a common interest
3
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Intense-personal
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- obsessive thoughts about celebrity, advanced emotional connection with them
4
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Borderline pathological
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- stalking, resentment of those closer to celebrity
5
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Reason for PR development
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- feeling unfulfilled in current relationship
- low self-esteem
- traumatic life-changing events (mid-life crisis)
