Intimacy despite distance: The dark triad and romantic parasocial interactions

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110380
Author(s):  
Nicole Liebers ◽  
Holger Schramm
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Parasocial Interaction ◽  
Media Characters ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Media ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Perceived Relatedness ◽  
Parasocial Interactions ◽  
The Relationship

Individuals who score high on the dark triad of socially aversive traits—narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism—are prone to engage in short-term, non-committal romantic encounters. However, little is known about the transferability of this behavior to these individuals’ intimate interactions with media characters (i.e., romantic parasocial interactions). To close this research gap, we conducted a two-level-between-subjects experiment with young adults in Germany ( N = 116). Our results reveal that, although individuals who score high on the dark triad traits are particularly prone to engage in the specific sub-dimensions emotional love and responses to the media character of romantic parasocial interactions, they are not particularly prone to experience physical love for the media character. Moreover, our results show an alternative negative effect operating through an enhanced tendency to perceive a narrative as “corny” among those with Machiavellian and psychopathic personalities. To underline the similarity between parasocial and real-life romantic interactions, we further investigated the relationship between romantic parasocial interactions and an individual’s perceived relatedness gratification. The results suggest that interacting with and responding to the media character enhance perceived relatedness gratification, but that the romantic connotation of the parasocial interaction is not crucial for the feeling of relatedness during media reception.

Desperate Housewives and Soccer Moms: Examining the relationship between media representations and the lived reality of women in the suburbs

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica White
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Original Question ◽  
The Media ◽  
Post War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Historical Examination

Has suburbia ever truly met the needs of the populations it claims to serve? Since its creation suburbia has been a centre of conflict between the image created by the media and lived realities. The post war images of femininity in the suburbs were ones of domesticity and a heteronormative family. In essence the “sitcom” family was created and reality was made to look like its television counterpart. Yet in real life, did any family look like that of Leave it to Beaver? Have our ideals of the perfect family living in the perfect house truly changed? If they have changed have they had an effect on policy makers and land developers? A brief historical examination of suburbia, its creation, and media images will be contrasted with the developments and policies we find in today’s suburbia. To partially answer my original question the demographic of women in suburbia, more specifically mothers will be discussed. Are today’s media images of suburbia a better depiction of lived realities or are urban political processes still at play to perpetuate an ideal image?

scholarly journals Aktivitas Interaksi Parasosial Penggemar Kepada Idola (Studi Deskriptif Kualitatif pada Wota dan Woti Penggemar JKT48 di Jabodetabek)

Koneksi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rakha Rizky Pratama ◽  
Septia Winduwati
Keyword(s):  
Communication Theory ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Parasocial Interaction ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
The Media ◽  
Parasocial Interactions

JKT48 is an idol group originating from Indonesia and produced by Akimoto Yasushi. This research is expected to be able to explain the parasocial interactions that occur between fans and idols. Parasocial interactions are interactions that occur when individuals interact with people who are presented by the media. This research is focused on finding out how the parasocial interaction activities between JKT48 fans Wota and Woti and JKT48 idols. This study uses the concept of communication theory, fandom theory, and parasocial interactions. This research uses a qualitative approach with a collection method by conducting interviews with three informants, study documentation, and literature study. The results in this study are Wota and Woti will feel sad when their idols leave, Wota and Woti limit their relationship with idols only to idols with fans, Wota and Woti make JKT48 as their guide when they behave. None of the three informants in this study was affected pathological.JKT48 merupakan grup idola yang berasal dari Indonesia dan diproduseri oleh Akimoto Yasushi. Penelitian ini bermaksud menjelaskan interaksi parasosial yang terjadi antara penggemar dan idola. Interaksi parasosial merupakan interaksi yang terjadi ketika individu berinteraksi dengan orang yang dipresentasikan oleh media. Penelitian ini fokus untuk mengetahui bagaimana aktivitas interaksi parasosial antara penggemar JKT48 Wota dan Woti terhadap idola JKT48. Penelitian ini menggunakan konsep teori komunikasi, teori fandom, dan interaksi parasosial. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode pengumpulan data berupa wawancara tiga informan, studi dokumentasi, dan studi kepustakaan. Hasil dalam penelitian ini adalah Wota dan Woti akan merasa sedih ketika idolanya keluar, Wota dan Woti membatasi hubungannya dengan idola hanya sebatas idola dengan penggemar, Wota dan Woti menjadikan JKT48 sebagai pedoman mereka saat bertingkah laku. Namun penelitian menunjukkan bahwa efek patologis tidak terjadi pada tiga informan.

INTERAKSI DAN HUBUNGAN PARASOSIAL DALAM AKUN MEDIA SOSIAL SELEBRITI INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-93
Author(s):  
Nuria Astagini ◽  
Veronica Kaihatu ◽  
Yugo Dwi Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Parasocial Interaction ◽  
Emotional Attachment ◽  
Parasocial Relationships ◽  
Actual Reality ◽  
Form Identification ◽  
Parasocial Relationship ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

Interaction and parasocial relationships are one-way relationships formed through the media. This type of relationship can be seen through various social media accounts owned by celebrities. Fans interactions with their idol celebrities in social media will lead to the formation of positive and negative parasocial relationships. This study was conducted to see how the relationship and parasocial relationship that exists between the fans with the celebrities in social media. Through observation on social media accounts owned by several celebrities in Indonesia, and in-depth interviews conducted with informants; It is known that various comments given by fans is a description of a parasocial interaction. Fans who always comments on every updated information uploaded by their idol, shows a parasocial relationship. This relationship is a picture of emotional attachment from the fans. The interaction and parasocial relationship in social media are closely related to the concept of hyperreality. All things related to a particular celebrity may be rendered artificially, so the fans will eventually form identification of the celebrity with hyperrealitas or reality that is different from the actual reality.

scholarly journals R&D Internationalization and Green Innovation? Evidence from Chinese Resource Enterprises and Environmental Enterprises

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7225
Author(s):  
Xun Zhang ◽  
Biao Xu
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
International Business ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
State Ownership ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Relationship

Although the importance of external involvement has been recognized in product and technology innovation, whether research and development (R&D) internationalization stimulates green innovation and under what conditions it is more effective is still unclear. To address this research gap, this study uses knowledge-based theory to explore the effect of R&D internationalization on green innovation and the moderating roles of state ownership and international experience. We examine the research hypotheses using panel data of 19,273 Chinese resource enterprises (REs) and environmental enterprises (EEs) spanning three years. The results indicate that R&D internationalization has a negative effect on green innovation in REs and EEs. Additionally, we identified a negative moderating effect of state ownership and a positive moderating effect of internationalization experience on the relationship between R&D internationalization and green innovation, which suggests that the effect is contingent on the corporation’s ownership and capability in dealing with the complexities and uncertainties inherent in international business.

scholarly journals Media Coverage and Stock Return in the Taiwan Stock Market

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (s2) ◽  
pp. 35-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuei-Yuan Wang ◽  
Chien-Kuo Chen ◽  
Hsiao-Chi Wei
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Stock Return ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The purposes of this paper were to explore the relationship between media coverage and stock returns in Taiwan stock markets. The empirical results were as follows: (1) stock returns showed causality with either media coverage amounts or the degrees of good/bad media coverage; (2) when impacted by the past stock returns, the stock return might finish its response to the impulse around three days and showed a negative effect, whereas when impacted by the past media coverage amounts, the media coverage amount might also finish its response to the impulse within three day and showed a negative effect; (3) when impacted by the degrees of the past good media coverage, the good media coverage degree might finish its response in three days and showed a negative effect, in which a positive effect might be presented on the first two days, while the effect might turn negative on the third day. Given that, when impacted by the past stock returns, the stock return might finish its response to the impulse within three days and showed a negative effect and, when impacted by the degrees of the past good media coverage, the stock return might also finish its response in three days and showed a negative effect. That is, media coverage could be used as an indicator to predict stock returns in the Taiwan stock markets when making investment decisions.

Digital Storytelling and Parasocial Interaction for Brand-Consumer Relationship

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-214
Author(s):  
Hayat Ayar Senturk
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Parasocial Interaction ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Marketing Literature ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Fresh Perspective ◽  
Parasocial Interactions ◽  
The Relationship

Although parasocial interaction as an illusionary experience has been studied extensively in the offline environment, it has only recently attracted research attention in the digital marketing literature. In fact, since parasocial interactions are mediated relationships which involve a medium, it is expected that parasocial behavior will be present in Internet mediated contexts. In this sense, researchers and marketers know little about what online parasocial interaction is and how it works from brand-consumer relationship perspective. Digital storytelling components are underlined as important components in the relationship marketing literature to build trust and develop interpersonal relationships. In the light of this argument, the purpose of this study is, by examining various cases, to reveal the relationship between digital storytelling and parasocial interaction as a new and fresh perspective that needs to be emphasized in technology applications for effective customer engagement.

scholarly journals Thank You For Your Service: Sacrifice, New Warriors, and the Second Amendment in the American Rifleman from 1975-2018

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Second Amendment ◽  
Blood Sacrifice ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Christian Nationalism

The defeat in Vietnam marked a change in the cultural meaning surrounding these warriors. One significant transition was the media image of the New Warrior – a warrior who’s sacrifice no longer transformed the nation. The NRA, emerging from the 1970s with a more hardline stance toward Second Amendment absolutism, played an active role in reshaping the relationship between this new warrior culture, military service, and the Second Amendment. Building on a narrative of government betrayal of the soldiers in Vietnam, the NRA recast the ordinary gun owner into the New Warrior, an independent warrior who will go to any lengths to defend the sacred right to bear arms against corrupt agents of the government. But the deeper question of how the NRA has accomplished this transformation of cultural meaning remains largely unexplored. This paper argues that the NRA used the rhetoric of national failure following Vietnam and the blood sacrifice of American soldiers who died in the defense of the Constitution to transform the cultural meaning of the Second Amendment for ordinary citizens. Through the Second Amendment, ordinary men are transformed into Second Amendment warriors, defending the freedoms the American soldiers died to protect. As one of the original real life heroes of the post-Vietnam New War - a retired soldier who operated outside of the law in order to defend the Nation– Oliver North’s ascension to the NRA presidency represents the fulfillment of the post-Vietnam New War archetype and merges the New War mythology with the blood sacrifice of Christian nationalism.

The Relationship Between Personality and Schadenfreude in Hypothetical Versus Live Situations

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keegan D. Greenier
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Just World ◽  
Big Five Traits ◽  
The Relationship

This study sought to investigate how individual differences are related to schadenfreude (pleasure derived from another’s misfortune) by replicating past findings and extending them to additional personality traits. Because most past research on schadenfreude has relied heavily on the use of reactions to hypothetical scenarios, an attempt was made to demonstrate external validity by also including a reaction to a live event (confederate misfortune). For the scenarios, schadenfreude was positively correlated with the Dark Triad and just world beliefs; negatively correlated with empathy and agreeableness; and uncorrelated with dispositional envy, self-esteem, or the remaining Big Five traits. For the live event, no personality traits were correlated with schadenfreude, suggesting responses to hypothetical situations may not be representative of real-life schadenfreude events.

Predictors of parasocial interaction and relationships in live streaming

2021 ◽  
pp. 135485652110278
Author(s):  
Caitlin McLaughlin ◽  
Donghee Yvette Wohn
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Parasocial Interaction ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Parasocial Relationships ◽  
Source Characteristics ◽  
The Past ◽  
Parasocial Relationship ◽  
The Media ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Parasocial Interactions

The purpose of the current article was to explore parasocial phenomena in the unique and interactive context of live streaming. Specifically, the predictors of parasocial interactions (PSIs) and parasocial relationships (PSRs) were compared. In the past, the terms ‘parasocial interaction’ and ‘parasocial relationship’ have been used interchangeably, even though they are distinct constructs – which has confused researchers’ understanding of these phenomena. The current study aims to begin to disentangle our understanding of these two constructs by studying the predictors for each construct separately. An online survey was utilized to collect data on PSRs, PSIs, and various parasocial predictors that fell into three categories: streamer (source) characteristics, viewer characteristics, and behavioral (relationship) characteristics. Results indicate that streamer characteristics were the most important predictors of both PSIs and PSRs in the live streaming context, although characteristics of the viewer and relationship were also influential. These findings indicate that message sources can modify their content to encourage parasocial phenomena in their audience. This is encouraging, as research suggests that parasocial phenomena lead to many positive repercussions for the media and so are generally considered a goal of media personae.

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