Research investigating female gaming has begun to emerge despite gaming being
traditionally more popular with males. Research in the 21st century has drawn attention to�…

Parasocial interaction, or the one-sided relationships individuals form with characters from
television and other media can have negative and positive outcomes. By noting the positive�…

When the anthropologist Donald Horton and the sociologist R. Richard Wohl published their
essay on parasocial interactions (PSI) and parasocial relation ships (PSR), titled “Mass�…

In recent years, the number of players of otome games, which target the niche market of
young females, has been rapidly increasing in Asia. Although previous studies have�…

Engaging game characters are often key to a positive and emotionally rich player
experience. However, current research treats character attachment in a rather generic�…

In this pioneering new book, authors Klastrup and Tosca explore the many ways that
transmedial worlds are present in people's everyday life, proposing a new theory of (trans)�…

By converging 3A—artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), and anime culture, a
new type of non-naturalistic and stylized anthropomorphism has been exercised on the�…

Using two-wave US panel survey data, this study proposes a moderated serial mediation
model to examine through what paths and under what conditions incidental exposure to�…

Abstract Introduction Virtual reality environments (VREs) are an emerging modality
consisting of computer-generated worlds. Players in VREs can choose to create�…

Romantic video games (RVGs) are emerging games popular among female players, in
which the players would form a parasocial relationship (PSR) with the male character they�…