单词 | parasocial interaction |
释义 | > as lemmasparasocial interaction Designating a relationship characterized by the one-sided, unreciprocated sense of intimacy felt by a viewer, fan, or follower for a well-known or prominent figure (typically a media celebrity), in which the follower or fan comes to feel (falsely) that they know the celebrity as a friend. Usually in parasocial interaction, parasocial relationship.Coined by U.S. sociologists Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl (see quot. 1956) to describe the kind of psychological relationship experienced by members of an audience with regard to performers in the mass media, especially television. Π 1956 D. Horton & R. R. Wohl in Psychiatry 19 215 One of the striking characteristics of the new mass media—radio, television, and the movies—is that they give the illusion of face-to-face relationship with the performer... We propose to call this seeming face-to-face relationship between spectator and performer a para-social relationship. 1995 Toronto Star (Nexis) 4 Aug. b12 Viewers feel that they know you. Some conjure up relationships in their minds, imagining that you're a friend, or a lover. This phenomenon has a name: ‘parasocial interaction’. 2008 B. H. Spitzberg & W. R. Cupach in J. R. Meloy et al. Stalking, Threatening, & Attacking Public Figures xiii. 288 Parasocial interaction might be a salve for those who are otherwise isolated from society and human contact... For others, it could become an addictive relationship that prevents the initiation and formation of ‘real’ relationships. 2022 @alexsteacy 29 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Mar. 2022) Parasocial relationships are bad enough when fans think they are your friends, but much worse when they believe you are their confidant or unpaid therapist. < as lemmas |
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