Zusammenfassung. Computer- und Videospiele gehören mittlerweile zu den bedeutendsten Unterhaltungsmedien. Die medienpsychologische Forschung hat sich bislang vornehmlich mit den Wirkungen ausgiebigen Spielens beschäftigt. Dagegen wurde der Prozess des ...
Do parasocial relationships towards politicians exist? An empirical exploration using the repertory grid techniqueAbstract. The paper develops the concepts of PSI/PSR (parasocial interaction/parasocial relationship) for political communication in the ...
This research explores peoples disclosures of emphatic interaction – the behavioral effects resulting from parasocial relationships – with National Basketball Association (NBA) team owner, Mark Cuban, while he participated on American Broadcasting ...
Although research on parasocial interactions (PSI) has over 50 years of tradition, it provides a heterogeneous status of measurements and findings. The challenge for present and future PSI research is to provide measurement standards that are generated, ...
This study supports the refinement of the concept of parasocial interaction (PSI) to apply to mediated personae that viewers might dislike. By contrast, traditional approaches have treated PSI as a sort of friendship with the mediated persona. ...
Abstract: An online experiment investigated heterosexual women’s responses to their romantic partners’ pornography use. Specifically, we examined how a perceived parasocial (i.e., entirely fanciful, one-sided) versus social (i.e., ...