… characters resemble in the viewer’s life and whether the type of individual the viewer sees
as similar to that character influences the parasocial relationship. Consistent with dependent …

… , a parasocial relationship is the perception of a television viewer of a relationship with … a
positive association between character homophily and parasocial relations. This conclusion is …

… This study applies parasocial relationship theory to identify the role of broadcaster
characteristics in the highly interactive business setting of live streaming commerce. …

… and parasocial relationships (PSRs) with media characters by examining viewers’ responses
… character engagement by focusing on two types of character connection, identification and …

… A PSI occurs before a parasocial relationship (PSR) can be formed between a viewer and
a media character. The path to PSR begins with social and task attraction, continues to PSI, …

… will pan out for my favorite character,” and “I find my favorite TV character’s situations often
differ … Parasocial processing occurs before the imaginative work we do beyond the viewing …

… on parasocial interactions (PSI) and parasocial relation ships … to the media character with
whom the parasocial interaction … the parasocial and social dimensions of soap opera viewing. …

… relationship between the viewer and a media character. That is to say, a PSR refers to the
feeling of friendship that a viewer develops toward a media character. In … this relationship with …

… Parasocial relationships with an ingroup character engaged in intergroup contact did not
contribute to prejudice reduction beyond parasocial relationships … requires viewers to suspend …

This study investigates whether parasocial interactions (PSIs) vary in strength depending on
whether a character is created entirely through computer-generated imagery (CG), a hybrid …