Parasocial Relatipnships

Question 1

What are parasocial relationships?

Answer 1

One sided relationship (no reciprocity or synchrony)

Question 2

What attachment type is most likely to develop a parasocial relationship?

Answer 2

Insecure resistant (can’t be rejected)

Question 3

What are the stages of developing a parasocial relationship (Giles and maltby)?

Answer 3

• stage 1=entertain social (celebrities seen as external source of entertainment)
• stage 2=personal (develop more intense feelings, concerned with slightest details)
• stage 3=borderline pathological (obsessive fantasies, spend a lot and engage in illegal activities)

Question 4

What is the absorption-addiction model of Parasocial relationships (mocutchens)?

Answer 4

• engagement comes from deficiency in daily life eg lack of meaningful relationships
• gives sense of fulfilment and closeness (motivates then to continue collecting information)