Parasocial relationships

Created by: Thucydides
Created on: 17-04-19 12:32

how might parasocial relationships function similarly to 'real life' relationships?

individuals in parasocial relatiohisps exhibit some of the fundementals of attachment behaviours echibited in normal relationships

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What did Weiss (1990) identify about attachment in in parasocial relaationships?

proximity seeking, a secure base and protest to disruption are all featurs of PS relationships

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What is Proximity seeking?

a desire to reduce the distance between oneself and the attachment figure

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What evidence of proximity seeking did Leets et al (1995) in PSR?

individuals in PSR like to stay informed about their attachment figure, collect trivia about them, rearange their schedual to see the attachment figure either live or on TV and attempt to contatct them either virtually or in person

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How does the attachment figure fulfil the role of a secure base for an individaul in a PSR?

they provide confort and security and a safe haven from which to explore the world. this is exasibated by the fact that their is little oppertunity to be rejected by their attachment figure,

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What real life expamples exist of a secure base in a parasocial relationship?

Stevener (2009) cites Michael jackson provided a source of comfort for an 18 year old fan whose father had left their family.

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What is Protest ad disruption?

distree following the seperation or loss of the attachment figure(s)

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what examples of protest at disruption exist?

the website "Bring back clarkson" fans wrote comments like "I want to cry" and "[the crew] gave my life meaning"

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What did Cole and Leets (1999) find about an individuals willingness to form a parasocial bond?

it was heavily dependent on their attacment beliefs

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What did Coles and Leets (1999) suggest about individuals with insecure aviodent attachment behaviours?

They are more likly to turn to celebritys of fictitious charecters to form parasocial relationship as a way of satisfying their unrealistic and often unmet attachment needs

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What did Coles and Leets (1999) suggest about individuals with aviodent attachment behaviours?

They were least likely to form PSRs or real relationships due to theri difficuly to form intimate relatioships virtually or in reality

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What did Weiss (1990) identify about attachment in in parasocial relaationships?

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