Parasocial Interaction With Liked, Neutral, and Disliked Characters on a Popular TV Series

By Qing Tian, Cynthia A. Hoffner. 2010

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Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies, Literature and Literary Theory

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Citations in the corpus

Fostering Parasocial Relationships with Celebrities on Social Media: Implications for Celebrity Endorsement (2017, background): “…in computer-mediated environments (Joinson, 2001; Nguyen, Bin, & Campbell, 2012; Tidwell & Walther, 2002), our findings provide evidence that selfdisclosure is essential to building and developing “pseudo-relationships” (Tian & Hoffner, 2010) with media figures in a mediated environment.”
‘You really are a great big sister’ – parasocial relationships, credibility, and the moderating role of audience comments in influencer marketing (2020, background): “Both PSI and PSRs can be very powerful and can affect an audience member’s identity, lifestyle, attitude, and behaviour (Tian & Hoffner, 2010).”
Examining Relational Maintenance in Parasocial Relationships (2012, background): “In the mediated communication literature, identification has been distinguished from PSRs. Identification is thought to be a transitory and fleeting experience, taking place during the time of media exposure, whereas PSRs are thought to continue beyond the moment of viewing (Tian & Hoffner, 2010).”
Parasocial interactions with real and virtual influencers: The role of perceived similarity and human-likeness (2022, background): “…that viewers’ parasocial response to television characters not only increased with visual resemblances, but also with the impression of shared attitudes and social background—a finding that has since been replicated in many other media contexts (e.g. Tian and Hoffner, 2010; Xu et al., 2021).”
Parasocial Relationships with Media Personae: Why They Matter and How They Differ Among Heterosexual, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents (2018, methodology): “Individuals are more likely to establish strong PSR with media personae whom they perceive to be like them and whom they perceive to be attractive (Giles, 2002; Rubin & McHugh, 1987; Tian & Hoffner, 2010).”
Making and breaking relationships on social media: the impacts of brand and influencer betrayals (2021, background): “Parasocial experiences have been shown to affect the attitudes and behaviours of audience members in many ways (Tian and Hoffner, 2010).”