Parasocial Relationships
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- Created on: 22-04-18 11:57
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- Parasocial Relationships
- Attachment Theory Explanation
- The formation of an emotional bond between 2 PPL
- There are 3 properties of adult attachments (Weiss)
- Proximity seeking - reduce distance between P + attachment figure
- Secure Base - With a PSR there is little chance of rejection + allows PPL to explore other relationships
- Protest at Disruption - Distress following separation or loss e.g. Jeremy Clarkson
- Insecure resistant PPL are most likely to have PSRs (Cole + Leets '99)
- Evaluation
- Mental Health: Intense-personal is linked with neurotocism (anxiety + depression)
- Link to loneliness: PPL develop PSRs to deal with loss or loneliness
- Loss of PSRs + attachment types: Cohen found that the loss of a PSR is similar to the loss of a personal relationship
- Research: Schippa supports that people with high PSRs watch more TV
- Culture: Schmid found that PSRs with Harry Potter characters didn't change with cultures showing that mainstream media characters influence PPL
- Absorption Addiction Model
- PPL can become absorbed with a celeb to get a sense of fulfillment. Addictive behaviour may take over to sustain PSRs
- There are 3 levels of PSRs
- Entertainment-social: Watch, keep up with, read + learn about the celeb
- E.g. Learning the life story of X is a lot of fun
- Intense-personal: More involvement + compulsive feelings about the celeb
- E.g. I love to talk to other who admire X
- Borderline-pathological: Empathy with the celeb + over-identification + behaviours
- E.g. If I walked through the door of X's house they would be happy to see me
- Entertainment-social: Watch, keep up with, read + learn about the celeb
- Parasocial relationships are when a P is attracted to a celeb who is unaware of the Ps existance
- Attachment Theory Explanation
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