Idol worship as compensation for parental absence

Cheung, Chau‐kiu; Yue, Xiaodong

doi:10.1080/02673843.2011.649399

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“…McCutcheon et al (2016d) found that socioeconomic status was unrelated to CAS scores. However, Cheung and Yue (2012) found that idolisation of celebrities in adolescents was associated with lower parental socioeconomic status.…”

Section: Culturementioning

confidence: 95%

“…Cheung and Yue (2012) found that celebrity idolisation was predicted by parental absencewhen the father or mother were absent, adolescents were more likely to idolise their favoured celebrity and also tended to have older idols, suggesting that a celebrity may serve as a kind of compensatory 'replacement' for a lack of authority figure. Scharf and Levy (2015) found that celebrity idolisation was associated with levels of preoccupation in the family (e.g.…”

Section: Parental Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research

Brooks

2018

Curr Psychol

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A 'culture of celebrity' began to emerge in the twentieth century, profoundly impacting the social world. Recent years have seen the publication of an increasing wealth of literature focusing on people who are enthralled with celebritiesoften to the point of obsessiontermed 'celebrity worshippers'. The current paper systematically reviews this literature to gain a comprehensive understanding of the various factors associated with celebrity worship and to identify gaps in the literature. Papers were identified through a systematic literature search and 62 were deemed relevant for inclusion in the review. These provided evidence that celebrity worship may be related to demographic factors (e.g. age); personality factors (e.g. dimensions of the psychoticismextraversion-neuroticism model, materialism); religiosity; behavioural and cognitive-behavioural factors (e.g. fantasy proneness, obsessive behaviours); feelings about the self or the world (e.g. self-esteem); cognitive factors (e.g. cognitive flexibility, critical thinking); relationships with others (e.g. attachment style, romantic relationship style); attitudes towards the body, eating, and cosmetic surgery; and psychological wellbeing (e.g. depression, anxiety). The results are used to help researchers understand the individual and psychosocial factors associated with celebrity worship, and directions for future research in this area are identified.

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Section: Culturementioning

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Section: Parental Relationshipsmentioning

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FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research

Brooks

2018

Curr Psychol

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“…This is because the parental norms which facilitate adolescents' identity development would discourage young consumers from idol worship. Cheung and Yue (2012) also provided evidence that the absence in the adolescent's parental resources would prompt the young consumer to idolise star idols. These findings suggest that young consumers are likely to keep themselves away from idol worship because they find in their parental relationships that provide confidence and resource that support their identity development.…”

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“…Maltby et al (2004) found that personal worship was negatively related to the cognitive flexibility. This may imply that fans with high personal worship could be associated with low level of cognitive flexibility and they would be less likely than other people in possessing the mental capacity to adjust thinking or attention in response to changing goals or environmental stimuli (Cheung and Yue, 2012;Martin and Anderson, 2001). In other words, they lack the mental ability to adjust their thinking from old situations to new situations and therefore, would be very reluctant to overcome previously held beliefs or habits (Martin and Anderson, 2001;Martin, Anderson, and Thweatt, 1998).…”

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I worship, so I download? Idol worship, music purchase and piracy by young consumers in Taiwan

Huang

Lin

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Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics

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Purpose-This study examines the effect of parental and peer norms on idol worship as well as the effect of idol worship on the intention to purchase and obtain the idol's music products legally and illegally. Design/methodology/approach-A stratified, two-stage, cluster sampling procedure was applied to a list of high schools obtained from the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. A return rate of 80% yielded 723 usable questionnaires, the data from which were analysed by the LISREL structural equation modelling software. Findings-The results suggest that both social worship and personal worship have a significant and positive impact on the intention to purchase music. However, personal worship has a negative impact on the intention to pirate music while social worship appears to strengthen it. Research limitations/implications-The findings suggest that idol worship is more complex than previously understood. The constructs chosen in this research should be seen only as a snapshot but other variables such as vanity trait, autonomy, romanticism or involvement are not taken into account. Future studies would benefit from inclusion of these variables and a wider geographical scope. Practical implications-The findings contain many implications to help marketing executives and planners better revise their existing marketing and communication strategies to increase their revenue. Originality/value-Existing research has tended to examine the impact of idol worship as a whole on the reduction of music piracy, but overlook the

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“…Idolatry refers to psychological identification and an emotional attachment to an idol figure, which is probably a celebrity (Cheung & Yue, 2012) whose attachment is greatest with younger children, decreasing in intensity with age with females idolizing singers more than males (Raviv, Bar-Tal, Raviv, & Ben-Horin, 1996). Wang, Chen, Yang, and Farn (2009) also indicated that as fan idolatry increases, the willingness to commit digital piracy decreases and the willingness to purchase increases.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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An Analysis of Music Fan Towards Music Streaming Purchase Intention of Thailand's Music Industry

Sanitnarathorn¹

2018

JETS

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Digital music streaming are climbing but overall music revenue is declining with digital music piracy being blamed as the culprit. In a 10 year period from 2003 to 2013, global music sales dropped from $US23.3 to $US15 billion dollars with Thailand’s music industry following the trend dropping from $US 304 million in 2010 to $US 279 million in 2014. The study therefore used a structural equation model to analyze the variables affecting digital music piracy and fan music streaming's purchase intention. From the seven point Likert scale questionnaire, 350 music fans were surveyed concerning their digital music streaming activities. The qualitative research was conducted with 10 executives in music industry by the use of purposive sampling. Partial Least Square Graph software was used for model verification with the results showing that fan idolatry has the highest influence on the overall decision to stream music digitally. The results showed that the results of quantitative research is practical and acceptable hypothesis significance at p ≤ 0.05 by factors that have a direct influence positive peak and overall influence is the highest passion to affect their willingness to stream music digitally to consumers. The findings of this study concluded that the artist's passion for their music fans is the key factor in music lover’s intent to stream and pay for digital music. Fans are ultimately the most important sector of the industry and unfortunately it is one which the industry forgets about. Labels or artists who focus on only ‘looking good’ while not engaging their fan audiences are destined for a continuing decline in their sales numbers.

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Idol worship as compensation for parental absence

Cited by 19 publications

References 32 publications

FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research

FANatics: Systematic literature review of factors associated with celebrity worship, and suggested directions for future research

I worship, so I download? Idol worship, music purchase and piracy by young consumers in Taiwan

An Analysis of Music Fan Towards Music Streaming Purchase Intention of Thailand's Music Industry

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