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
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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International Journal of Information Management, ISSN 0268-4012, 06/2016, Volume 36, Issue 3, pp. 333 - 347
Social commerce, a recent branch of e-commerce, has made the experience of consumers on social commerce platform (SCP) different from other contexts, as the...
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
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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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 | ONLINE GAMES | PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL | DIMENSIONS | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | COMMUNICATION | CHARACTER ATTACHMENT | MOTIVATIONS
Parasocial interaction | Massively multiplayer online games | Identification | Avatars | Social interaction | Anthropomorphism | ONLINE GAMES | PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL | DIMENSIONS | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | COMMUNICATION | CHARACTER ATTACHMENT | MOTIVATIONS
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Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, ISSN 1354-8565, 6/2019, Volume 25, Issue 3, pp. 554 - 566
Young media consumers are increasingly using online video platforms, as YouTube in particular registers extremely high numbers of viewers and subscribers....
interaction | Audience reception | quantitative research | YouTube celebrities | parasocial relationships | NEWS | EXPERIENCE | IDENTIFICATION | COMMUNICATION
interaction | Audience reception | quantitative research | YouTube celebrities | parasocial relationships | NEWS | EXPERIENCE | IDENTIFICATION | COMMUNICATION
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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
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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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
parasocial interaction | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | media response | television | COMMUNICATION | parasocial relationships
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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
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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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 | MANAGEMENT | SOAP-OPERA | PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS | SERVICE QUALITY | WORLD-WIDE-WEB | ATTACHMENT STYLES | OF-MOUTH | MODELING APPROACH | INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY | CONSUMER SATISFACTION | HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM | ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | INTERNET USE | Online travel services | Aged | Sales promotions | Web sites | Travel industry
Parasocial interaction (PSI) | Age identity | Word-of-mouth (WOM) | Well-being | Innovativeness | Older adults | MANAGEMENT | SOAP-OPERA | PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS | SERVICE QUALITY | WORLD-WIDE-WEB | ATTACHMENT STYLES | OF-MOUTH | MODELING APPROACH | INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY | CONSUMER SATISFACTION | HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM | ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | INTERNET USE | Online travel services | Aged | Sales promotions | Web sites | Travel industry
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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
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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Mass Communication and Society, ISSN 1520-5436, 05/2019, Volume 22, Issue 3, pp. 324 - 343
This study investigates how audience members relate to and vicariously interact with multiple characters while viewing a narrative. Under the framework of the...
COMPREHENSION | INFERENCES | ENTERTAINMENT | MODELS | MEMORY | PARASOCIAL INTERACTION | KNOWLEDGE | EMOTION | IDENTIFICATION | COMMUNICATION | Programming (Broadcast) | Television | Narratives | Communication
COMPREHENSION | INFERENCES | ENTERTAINMENT | MODELS | MEMORY | PARASOCIAL INTERACTION | KNOWLEDGE | EMOTION | IDENTIFICATION | COMMUNICATION | Programming (Broadcast) | Television | Narratives | Communication
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Sociological Theory, ISSN 0735-2751, 6/2013, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 168 - 192
Copresence, the idea that the presence of other actors shapes individual behavior, links macro-and micro-theorizing about social interaction. Traditionally,...
Rapport | Social psychology | Emotional expression | Visual fixation | Social interaction | Social theories | Physicians | Empathy | We they distinction | Personality psychology | theory construction | technology | communication | social psychology | TIME PRESSURE | PARASOCIAL INTERACTION | BYSTANDER INTERVENTION | VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | SELF | ELECTRONIC MAIL | BEHAVIORAL MIMICRY | IMPRESSION-FORMATION | COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION | CUES | SOCIOLOGY | Perceptions | Foreign exchange markets | Research | Behavior | Theory | Emotions
Rapport | Social psychology | Emotional expression | Visual fixation | Social interaction | Social theories | Physicians | Empathy | We they distinction | Personality psychology | theory construction | technology | communication | social psychology | TIME PRESSURE | PARASOCIAL INTERACTION | BYSTANDER INTERVENTION | VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | SELF | ELECTRONIC MAIL | BEHAVIORAL MIMICRY | IMPRESSION-FORMATION | COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION | CUES | SOCIOLOGY | Perceptions | Foreign exchange markets | Research | Behavior | Theory | Emotions
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