Fan Behavior and Lifespan Development Theory: Explaining Para-social and Social Attachment to Celebrities

By Gayle S. Stever. 2011

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Literature and Literary Theory

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• COVID-19: fear appeal favoring purchase behavior towards personal protective equipment (2020, background): “It has provided consumers with a strong feeling of ‘being together’ or ‘being connected’ with the online streamers (Stever, 2011).”
• FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research (2018, methodology): “…of real interactions with their favoured celebrities (Ferris 2001; Roberts 2007); in recent years, the internet has dramatically altered the fan-celebrity relationship, allowing a more intimate connection between the two and introducing a new dynamic to this relationship (Giles 2017; Stever 2011b).”