Parasocial interaction and parasocial relationship are often conflated conceptually and
methodologically, leaving researchers unclear as to which concept is being tapped. This�…

Linking back to, the present approach conceptualizes and empirically examines viewers'
parasocial interaction experience with a TV performer. Causes and outcomes of parasocial�…

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 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�…

Parasocial-relationships (PSR) are viewers' imaginary relationships with media personae.
Despite the growing body of research on PSR, the field is still lacking a clear�…

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

A cross-sectional survey (N= 371) addressed inconsistent findings in previous research
regarding the associations between attachment dimensions, social compensation variables�…

Much scholarship has examined the parasocial bonds between audiences and media
personalities. However, recent research differentiated between the development of�…

The celebrity-persona parasocial interaction scale (CPPI) is designed to measure how
media consumers form parasocial relationships with celebrities or popular fictional�…

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�…