Interpersonal and psychological predictors of parasocial interaction with different television performers
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communication Quarterly
- Vol. 41 (4) , 443-453
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01463379309369904
Abstract
The study examined the relationship of interpersonal homophily and self‐esteem with the development of parasocial interaction. “Attitude”; homophily was found to be the strongest predictor, among the independent variables, of parasocial interaction for all three groups of television performers. The results also indicated that certain dimensions of a person's self‐esteem helped to predict and to explain parasocial interaction. The study showed how an integration of interpersonal and mass communication theories contributes to our knowledge of parasocial interaction.Keywords
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