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1. Full Text Fostering Consumer–Brand Relationships in Social Media Environments: The Role of Parasocial Interaction
by Labrecque, Lauren I
Journal of Interactive Marketing, ISSN 1094-9968, 05/2014, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp. 134 - 148
As brands solidify their place in social media environments, consumers' expectations have amplified, thus spurring the development of technologies to assist... 
Brand loyalty | Online consumer behavior | Openness in communication | Social media | Parasocial interaction | Interactivity | Willingness to provide information | LONELINESS | BUSINESS | IMPACT | COMMITMENT | NEWS | CONSEQUENCES | COMMUNICATION | TRUST | Drawing | Digital media | Interactive | Consumers | Preserves | Social networks | Strategy | Mediation
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2. Full Text Emotion, anthropomorphism, realism, control: Validation of a merged metric for player–avatar interaction (PAX)
by Banks, Jaime and Bowman, Nicholas David
Computers in Human Behavior, ISSN 0747-5632, 01/2016, Volume 54, pp. 215 - 223
This article proposes a validated 15-item scale that merges theoretically divergent perspectives on player–avatar relations in extant literature (parasociality... 
Parasocial interaction | Massively multiplayer online games | Identification | Avatars | Social interaction | Anthropomorphism | DIMENSIONS | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL | COMMUNICATION | CHARACTER ATTACHMENT | MOTIVATIONS
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3. Full Text Exploring consumers’ impulse buying behavior on social commerce platform: The role of parasocial interaction
by Xiang, Li and Zheng, Xiabing and Lee, Matthew K.O and Zhao, Dingtao
International Journal of Information Management, ISSN 0268-4012, 06/2016, Volume 36, Issue 3, pp. 333 - 347
•Task-related features affect perceived usefulness.•Mood-related features affect perceived enjoyment.•Social-relevant features determine users’ parasocial... 
Urge to buy impulsively | Social commerce platform | Parasocial interaction | Impulse buying tendency | TALK RADIO | AUDIENCE ACTIVITY | PURCHASING BEHAVIOR | ONLINE | MEDIATING ROLE | TELEVISION CHARACTERS | WORD-OF-MOUTH | INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE | OPINION CHANGE | INTERACTION SCALE | WEB SITES | Interpersonal relations | Consumer behavior | Analysis | Studies | Social interaction | Impulse buying | Buying | Consumers | Social networks | Social factors | Electronic commerce | Impulses | Platforms | China | Commerce | Internet | Social aspects
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4. Full Text Parasocial interaction and parasocial relationship: Conceptual clarification and a critical assessment of measures
by Dibble, J.L and Hartmann, T and Rosaen, S.F
Human Communication Research, ISSN 0360-3989, 2016, Volume 42, Issue 1, pp. 21 - 44
Parasocial interaction and parasocial relationship are often conflated conceptually and methodologically, leaving researchers unclear as to which concept is... 
Measurement | Parasocial Relationship | Scale Validation | Media Effects | Parasocial Interaction | AUDIENCE ACTIVITY | TELEVISION CHARACTERS | MEDIA | EXPERIENCE | RELATIONSHIP CLOSENESS | SCALE | VALIDITY | COMMUNICATION | INTIMACY | VIEWERS | Parasocial interaction | Psychological tests | Models | Research
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5. Full Text Parasocial Interaction as More Than Friendship Evidence for Parasocial Interactions With Disliked Media Figures
by Dibble, JL and Rosaen, SF
JOURNAL OF MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY-THEORIES METHODS AND APPLICATIONS, ISSN 1864-1105, 2011, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 122 - 132
This study supports the refinement of the concept of parasocial interaction (PSI) to apply to mediated personae that viewers might dislike. By contrast,... 
parasocial interaction | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | media response | television | COMMUNICATION | parasocial relationships
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6. Full Text Social CEOs: The effects of CEOs’ communication styles and parasocial interaction on social networking sites
by Tsai, Wan-Hsiu Sunny and Men, Linjuan Rita
New Media & Society, ISSN 1461-4448, 11/2017, Volume 19, Issue 11, pp. 1848 - 1867
As one of the first empirical analyses focusing on corporate executive officers’ (CEOs) communication style on social media and its impacts, the study aims to... 
parasocial interaction | MANAGEMENT | ENTERTAINMENT-EDUCATION | UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT | TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP | CHARACTERS | organization-public relationships | STRATEGIC INTERNAL COMMUNICATION | NEWS | public advocacy | MEDIA | CEO communication | socio-communication style | social media | ADVOCACY | COMMUNICATION | PERCEPTIONS | businesspersons | rhetoric and composition | computer-mediated communication | discourse studies
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7. Full Text Older adults’ parasocial interaction formation process in the context of travel websites: The moderating role of parent-child geographic proximity
by Kim, Insin and Kim, Joonhyeong Joseph
Tourism Management, ISSN 0261-5177, 12/2017, Volume 63, pp. 399 - 416
This study aims to identify the effects of age identity and innovativeness on parasocial interaction (PSI), and the moderating effect of parent-children... 
Parasocial interaction (PSI) | Age identity | Word-of-mouth (WOM) | Well-being | Innovativeness | Older adults | LONELINESS | MANAGEMENT | SOAP-OPERA | PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS | SERVICE QUALITY | INVOLVEMENT | ATTACHMENT STYLES | WORD-OF-MOUTH | CONSUMER SATISFACTION | HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM | ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | INTERNET USE | AGE | Online travel services | Aged | Sales promotions | Web sites | Travel industry
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8. Full Text Social Interaction and Co-Viewing With YouTube: Blending Mass Communication Reception and Social Connection
by Haridakis, Paul and Hanson, Gary
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, ISSN 0883-8151, 05/2009, Volume 53, Issue 2, pp. 317 - 335
This study examined whether motives and individual differences (social activity, interpersonal interaction, locus of control, sensation-seeking, innovativeness... 
TELEVISION VIOLENCE | AUDIENCE ACTIVITY | PREDICTORS | INVOLVEMENT | LIFE-POSITION | MEDIA | INTERPERSONAL-COMMUNICATION | MOTIVES | INTERNET USE | COMMUNICATION | GRATIFICATIONS | Interpersonal relations | Parasocial interaction | Usage | Research | Internet videos | Social aspects | Studies | Social networks | Behavior | Motivation | Social interaction | Video
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9. Full Text Role of technology attraction and parasocial interaction in social shopping websites
by Zheng, Xiabing and Men, Jinqi and Xiang, Li and Yang, Feng
International Journal of Information Management, ISSN 0268-4012, 12/2019, p. 102043
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10. Full Text Parasocial interactions and relationships in early adolescence
by Gleason, Tracy R and Theran, Sally A and Newberg, Emily M
Frontiers in Psychology, ISSN 1664-1078, 02/2017, Volume 8, p. 255
Parasocial interactions and relationships, one-sided connections imagined with celebrities and media figures, are common in adolescence and might play a role... 
Adolescence | Relationships | Gender | Parasocial interactions | Imagination | Parasocial relationships | gender | MEDIA FIGURES | SOAP-OPERA | INTENSITY | MODEL | imagination | ATTACHMENT STYLES | CELEBRITY WORSHIP | FAVORITE TELEVISION CHARACTERS | relationships | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | parasocial interactions | parasocial relationships | adolescence | FRIENDSHIP | INTIMACY | Social aspects | Psychological research | Parasocial interaction | Celebrities | Public relations | Research | Developmental psychology
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11. Full Text Toward an Interaction‐Centered Approach to Media Events: Mediated Public Intimacy on the Reality TV Show Big Brother
by Kaplan, Danny and Kupper, Yoni
Journal of Communication, ISSN 0021-9916, 10/2017, Volume 67, Issue 5, pp. 758 - 780
Scholarship on media events has rarely considered how interpersonal interactions between participants mobilize collective feelings of solidarity. Drawing on a... 
Friendship | Media Event | Solidarity | Social Interaction | Audience | Reality Television | PARASOCIAL INTERACTION | RITUALS | TELEVISION | COMMUNICATION | Interpersonal relations | Social aspects | Reality television programs | Analysis | Reality programming | Social networks | Social interaction | Television programs
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12. Full Text Experimenting with dialogue on Twitter: An examination of the influence of the dialogic principles on engagement, interaction, and attitude
by Watkins, Brandi A
Public Relations Review, ISSN 0363-8111, 03/2017, Volume 43, Issue 1, pp. 163 - 171
•Employed experimental design to determine the effectiveness of social media for relationship building.•The usefulness of information principle was found to... 
Dialogic principles | Engagement | Twitter | Dialogue | Social media | FACEBOOK | CHINA | BUSINESS | SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES | STRATEGIES | PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS | WEB | OUTCOMES | ORGANIZATION-PUBLIC RELATIONSHIPS | COMMUNICATION | Studies | Public relations | Mass media effects | Effectiveness | Interaction | Public buildings | Social networks | Influence | Internet | Mass media | Content analysis
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13. Full Text Travelers' parasocial interactions in online travel communities
by Choi, Sooyoung and Kim, Insin and Cha, Kyungsoo and Suh, Yong-Kun and Kim, Keun-Hyung
Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, ISSN 1054-8408, 10/2019, Volume 36, Issue 8, pp. 888 - 904
This study explores whether, through parasocial interaction (PSI), trust in other travel community users drives travelers' satisfaction with those communities... 
trust | competence | online travel community | quantity | honesty | travel satisfaction | online traveler | Parasocial interaction | benevolence | community satisfaction | BRAND CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR | PERCEIVED USABILITY | CONSUMER TRUST | SOAP-OPERA | INTERGROUP CONTACT | LOYALTY | WEBSITES | SATISFACTION | HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM | EXPERIENCE
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14. Full Text Instagram and YouTube bloggers promote it, why should I buy? How credibility and parasocial interaction influence purchase intentions
by Sokolova, Karina and Kefi, Hajer
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, ISSN 0969-6989, 03/2020, Volume 53
Nowadays social network influencers play an important role in marketing by introducing products to their audience. In this article, we investigate the... 
Communicator | Beauty Brands | Influencer | Parasocial interaction | Social networks | Credibility | Purchase Intention | Persuasion
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15. Full Text Engaging fans on microblog: the synthetic influence of parasocial interaction and source characteristics on celebrity endorsement
by Gong, Wanqi and Li, Xigen
Psychology & Marketing, ISSN 0742-6046, 07/2017, Volume 34, Issue 7, pp. 720 - 732
Brand managers use celebrity microbloggers to endorse their products on microblogs. Previous studies on celebrity endorsement mechanisms concentrated on source... 
celebrity endorsement | parasocial interaction | source models | microblogs | ENVIRONMENTS | EXPERTISE | PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED | BUSINESS | SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES | ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS | ATTRACTIVENESS | ADVERTISEMENTS | IMPACT | CREDIBILITY | TRUSTWORTHINESS | COMMUNICATION | Celebrities | Analysis | Endorsement advertising
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