Mediated Identity in the Parasocial Interaction of TV

Annese, Susanna

doi:10.1207/s1532706xid0404_5

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“…People could also use celebrities to activate personal goals (e.g., Fitzsimons, Shah, Chartrand, & Bargh, 2005). Research has already demonstrated that parasocial interaction can affect perceptions of the self (Annese, 2004), attitudes toward others (Schiappa, Gregg, & Hewes, 2006), and behavior (Rubin & Step, 2000). Antisocial behaviors and attitudes may also be learned from celebrities.…”

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Parasocial relationships and self‐discrepancies: Faux relationships have benefits for low self‐esteem individuals

Derrick

Gabriel

Tippin

2008

Personal Relationships

138

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The current research proposes that low self‐esteem people can use parasocial relationships to experience movement toward the ideal self, a benefit they may miss in real relationships. In Study 1, low self‐esteem undergraduate psychology students at a public university in the United States felt closest to celebrities who were similar to their ideal self. In Study 2, low self‐esteem college students primed with their favorite celebrity became more similar to their ideal selves. In Study 3, low self‐esteem college students primed with their favorite celebrity, but not a close relationship partner, became more similar to their ideal selves. Results are discussed in terms of the implications for parasocial relationships, self‐esteem, and the flexibility of the need to belong.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Parasocial relationships and self‐discrepancies: Faux relationships have benefits for low self‐esteem individuals

Derrick

Gabriel

Tippin

2008

Personal Relationships

138

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“…This argument has been further developed in more recent work, in which it was found that experimental participants induced to take the perspective of another tend to incorporate relevant attributes of that other into their self‐concept (Goldstein & Cialdini, ). Other work has also begun to directly explore the possible merging of self and other, and the conscious drawing of connections between self and the fictional situation and characters, in the context of mediated narratives (Annese, ; McDonald, Sarge, Lin, Collier, & Potocki, ).…”

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Temporarily Expanding the Boundaries of the Self: Motivations for Entering the Story World and Implications for Narrative Effects

Slater

Johnson

Cohen³

et al. 2014

J Commun

154

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A wide variety of motivations for engaging with narratives have been proposed and studied. We propose that underlying these motivations is another, more fundamental motivation. Our premise is that maintenance, defense, and regulation of the personal and social self in daily life are demanding both emotionally and cognitively. Moreover, any individual self is constrained by capability, situation, and social role. Stories and identification with story characters provide a means individuals may use for temporary relief from the task of self‐regulation and from the limitations of individual personal and social identities. Existing supportive research is acknowledged and implications explored, concerning contexts in which story involvement will be particularly attractive and possible impacts on attitudes and acceptance of out‐groups including stigmatized others.

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“…As a result, those in the television audience are enlisted as participants. Susanna Annese (2004) confirms this view, observing that “ordinary people . .…”

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“…As a result, those in the television audience are enlisted as participants. Susanna Annese (2004) confirms this view, observing that “ordinary people … on [television talk shows] serve as a kind of simulacrum for the audience on the other side of the screen and offer images of subjectivity for their viewers” (374), with the aim of securing the latter's “involvement” (375).…”

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Sentimental Frauds

Stern¹

2011

Law soc. inq.

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The 2006 class action against James Frey, concerning his fabrications in A Million Little Pieces, was the first suit of its kind in the United States. There is nothing new about false memoirs, so what can explain the lawsuit? When the book was promoted on “Oprah's Book Club,” viewers were invited to respond emotionally, and saw their responses as a form of testimony. Those responses produced a sense of betrayal and inauthenticity when Frey's falsehoods were revealed. This view finds support in the eighteenth‐century sentimental novel, which similarly linked readers' reactions to the author's emotional authenticity. Fraud was an ongoing concern for sentimental novelists, some of whom used elaborate editorial to ploys to disavow responsibility for the text, while others populated their novels with fraudulent characters, intended as foils for the protagonist. An investigation of these novels helps to reveal the implications of the Frey case for future claims of literary fraud.

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Mediated Identity in the Parasocial Interaction of TV

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Parasocial relationships and self‐discrepancies: Faux relationships have benefits for low self‐esteem individuals

Parasocial relationships and self‐discrepancies: Faux relationships have benefits for low self‐esteem individuals

Temporarily Expanding the Boundaries of the Self: Motivations for Entering the Story World and Implications for Narrative Effects

Sentimental Frauds

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