Forming attachments to those people proximal to the individual was the only option prior to
mass media. In an era of mass media, individuals become acquainted with media personae�…

Parasocial interaction (PSI) is a term that originated with Horton and Wohl (1956) to describe
the nonreciprocated manner in which audience members interact with media personae�…

This paper considers the phenomenon of parasocial interaction (PSI) used by media
researchers to describe the relationship between media users and media figures (from�…

Relationships make up an important part of social life. In the past two decades or so, the
majority of research on mediated relationships has focused on sketching the similarities�…

This study involved soliciting documents from a sample of media fans who were involved in
parasocial attachments to various celebrities. Each document was then coded by 2-3 coders�…

This study developed a system of celebrity fan classification that addresses issues raised in
the literature with regard to motivations for becoming a fan, and levels of intensity for fans�…

The relationships viewers develop with media figures have received substantial attention in
the scholarship of entertainment. The present research proposes an original four-dimension�…

The proliferation of visual media worldwide during the past 50 years has made mediated
personalities, both real people and fictional characters, powerful agents of social change�…

A large body of research has demonstrated that audience involvement with media
characters can facilitate media effects in important ways. Over time, our understanding of the�…

The aim of the present investigation was to examine the nature of individuals' parasocial
relationships (one-sided attachments to media figures, Horton & Wohl, 1956). Five studies�…