Loneliness, Gender, and Parasocial Interaction: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

By Qi Wang, Edward L. Fink, Deborah A. Cai. 2008

134 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Literature and Literary Theory

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In Communication

1. Max Sjöblom
2. Juho Hamari
3. Riva H. Tukachinsky
4. Gayle S. Stever

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Max Sjöblom
2. Juho Hamari
3. Riva H. Tukachinsky
4. Gayle S. Stever
5. Samantha Brooks

Citations in the corpus

• Theorizing Development of Parasocial Engagement (2018, background): “For example, romantic loneliness, particularly in women, was found related to overall PSRs intensity (Wang et al., 2008).”
• What is eSports and why do people watch it? (2017, methodology): “In the area of communication and media research, the uses and gratification theory (UGT) framework is perhaps the most commonly adopted perspective which has been used to analyze media consumption (Katz et al., 1973, 1974; Wang et al., 2008; West and Turner, 2010).”