Viewer Aggression and Homophily, Identification, and Parasocial Relationships With Television Characters

By Keren Eyal, Alan M. Rubin. 2003

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology

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Young Adults' Wishful Identification With Television Characters: The Role of Perceived Similarity and Character Attributes (2005, background): “…behavioral characteristic, violence, was included due to the high level of concern about the impact of televised violence on society and the possible consequences of identification with violent characters (Eyal & Rubin, 2003; Huesmann & Eron, 1986; Huesmann, Moise-Titus, Podolski, & Eron, 2003).”
Celebrity influences on consumer decision making: new insights and research directions (2019, background): “A strong predictor of PSRs is the level of perceived congruity between consumercelebrity attitudes, values, culture, appearance and demographic background (Eyal & Rubin, 2003; Turner, 1993).”
10 The Effects of Engagement with Entertainment (2013, background): “In the context of media consumption, audience members see themselves as similar to a media persona (Eyal & Rubin, 2003).”
Sex on the Shore: Wishful Identification and Parasocial Relationships as Mediators in the Relationship Between Jersey Shore Exposure and Emerging Adults' Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors (2014, background): “Although much research investigating the concept of wishful identification has focused on children, adolescents and emerging adults also experience wishful identification with media personalities (Eyal & Rubin, 2003; Hoffner & Buchanan, 2005).”
When Good Friends Say Goodbye: A Parasocial Breakup Study (2006, background): “The difference in PSR between the genders found in this study is consistent with past research (Cohen, 2004; Eyal & Rubin, 2003).”
Exploring consumers' impulse buying behavior on social commerce platform: The role of parasocial interaction (2016, background): “For example, Eyal and Rubin (2003) investigated the roles of viewer aggression, homophily (similarity), and identification in PSI relationships with TV characters.”
The greatest magic of Harry Potter: Reducing prejudice (2015, positive): “We adapted three 5-step items (1 = not at all ; 5 = very much ) for each of the two characters from the scale of identiﬁcation with media characters (Eyal & Rubin, 2003), similar to those used in Study 1 (“I wish I could be more similar to Harry/ Voldemort”;“Harry/Voldemort represents the type of…”
Examining Relational Maintenance in Parasocial Relationships (2012, methodology): “Identification with a close friend=favorite mediated personality was assessed by having participants respond to five items adapted from J. Cohen (2001) and Eyal and Rubin (2003).”
Does Character Similarity Increase Identification and Persuasion? (2018, background): “…be as general as a similarity in physical appearance (Williams, 2011), having the same name (Howard and Kerin, 2011), belonging to a similar gender or race (Chen et al., 2016; Maccoby & Wilson, 1957; Reeves & Miller, 1978) or may be as specific as sharing a personality trait (Eyal & Rubin, 2003).”
Drama Theory and Entertainment Education: Exploring the Effects of a Radio Drama on Behavioral Intentions to Limit HIV Transmission in Ethiopia (2007, background): “One might also note that the three constructs were highly correlated in their study (Eyal & Rubin, 2003).”