… revisit the question of whether social compensation needs and … study, we will restrict our
focus to parasocial relationships. … on social compensation and parasocial relationships, bringing …

… Madison and Porter (2015b) argued that “repeatedly thinking about such scenarios
builds parasocial relationships with the personae involved, thereby increasing our imagined …

… people to engage in social distancing protocols that … social interactions to digital spaces,
providing a unique context to study the compensation function of parasocial relationships (PSRs…

… compensation,” that is, whether parasocial relationships are … social personality characteristics
(eg, shyness, social anxiety, … parasocial relationship intensity (“loneliness compensation”). …

… ) parasocial relationships mediate the relation between social anxiety and YouTube addiction
and 6) social anxiety … According to the parasocial compensation hypothesis, social anxiety …

… understanding of how parasocial relationships affect media … activation of parasocial
relationships significantly improved … assumption that PSRs compensate for momentary social …

… Analysis revealed that, similar to social relationships, parasocial relationships with favorite
soap opera characters were based, to some extent, on reduction of uncertainty and the ability …

… compensate for friendship deficiencies. Rather, parasocial relationships complement social
… the compensation function of parasocial relationships and may also speak to the value of …

… Participants were not compensated for their participation in this study. A total of 151 participants
completed the study. After removing participants with the second or later instances of an …

… incorporated into our social network”(pp. 283–4). Of course, parasocial relationships are
characterized … who were motivated to communicate online to compensate for limited social skills …