Celebrity worship
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 04-05-15 08:52
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- Celebrity worship
- Parasocical relasionships
- One-sided relationships in which one person is unaware of the other
- Schippa
- most likely to be formed from celebrities which are attractive and similar to the viewer
- Measuring attraction of celebrities
- Celebrity Attitude scale
- Devised by McCutcheon
- 23 items on a likert scale (answers between 1-5)
- scale has three sub scales which measure
- The entertainment/social sub-scale
- The intense Personal sub-scale
- measures the intensity of someone's feelings as well as obsessional tendencies
- eg considering them to be your soul mate
- measures the intensity of someone's feelings as well as obsessional tendencies
- borderline Pathological scale
- measures potentially harmful aspects of feelings towards the celebrity
- eg if someone asked me to do something illegal as a favour I would
- case study of Ian Watkins
- measures potentially harmful aspects of feelings towards the celebrity
- Celebrity Attitude scale
- levels of Para-social relasionships
- McCutcheon et al
- Level one
- the entertainment social level
- they're a source of entertainment and fun
- the entertainment social level
- level two
- The intense personal level
- becoming intensely engaged with celebrity
- The intense personal level
- Level three
- borderline pathological
- behaviours that are seen as obsessional and pathological
- borderline pathological
- Explanastions
- Pathological view
- Maltby et al
- those who attach themselves to celebrities often have poor adjustment and mental health and may lack social skills
- The absorption- addiction model
- McCutcheon et al
- people pursue parasocial relationships due to deflects or lacks within real life
- from following a celebrity they're able to gain a sense of identity and achieve a sense of fulfilment
- Derrick et al
- US undergraduates
- people with a low self-esteem experienced feeling closer to themselves and a boost of self esteem around celebrities
- not felt in real life
- Derrick et al
- from following a celebrity they're able to gain a sense of identity and achieve a sense of fulfilment
- three levels of identity
- harmless fan stage
- those with a weaker sense of personal identity or poorer psychological adjustment
- go further and absorb themselves into the celebrities life
- this can also be triggered by personal crisis
- stalking is the third stage
- reached by people with the poorest mental health and adjustment
- relationship is addictive
- constantly looking to get a stronger involvement
- the positive/ active view
- Jenkins and jenson
- parasocial relationships serve important functions
- fans take an active positive role
- create social networks with other fans and can benefit the celebrity
- also provide models of social behaviour and able to learn cultural values
- Attachment theory
- cole et al
- people who form insecure attachments in childhood
- more likely to form attachment with celebrities than secure attached adults
- parasocial relationship have no demand and no risk of rejection
- Pathological view
- Maltby
- correlation between celebrity worship and low body image
- creating a dis-position for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa
- correlation between celebrity worship and low body image
- Evolutionary explanations
- humans love for novelty (neophilia)
- lead to females being more attracted to mates which displayed creativity
- Musicians, artists and actors displayed or talents and are more attractive
- Shiraishi et al
- enzyme MAOA correlated with novelty- seeking tenancies
- Shiraishi et al
- Miller
- Sexual selection favours minds prone to creativity and fantasy
- Musicians, artists and actors displayed or talents and are more attractive
- lead to females being more attracted to mates which displayed creativity
- Celebrity gossip
- exchange of social information is adaptive
- de backer
- creates bonds within groups and social networks
- celebrities provide a desired social network
- surveyed 800 people and found that gossip was an important was of acquiring a social network
- exchange of social information is adaptive
- humans love for novelty (neophilia)
- Parasocical relasionships
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