A Study on the Effect of Parasocial Interaction on Satisfaction of Web novel revised into IP Web Drama : Focusing on the Chinese case

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 27-48
Author(s):  
Dan Zhang ◽  
Joo Kim ◽  
Sun Nam Kim
2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayson L. Dibble ◽  
Sarah F. Rosaen

This study supports the refinement of the concept of parasocial interaction (PSI) to apply to mediated personae that viewers might dislike. By contrast, traditional approaches have treated PSI as a sort of friendship with the mediated persona. Participants (N = 249) were randomly assigned to self-select a liked or disliked television persona. Various viewer reactions to that character were measured using two different measures of PSI. The data revealed that participants did experience PSI with disliked characters as well as liked characters, and that the two measures of PSI did not appear to assess the same construct. Implications for future research are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 1329-1339
Author(s):  
Xiaochun Ma ◽  
Huibo Ma ◽  
Yan Yun ◽  
Shanghao Chen ◽  
Xiaofeng Zhang ◽  
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Aim: This study examined the role of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), an inflammatory biomarker, in predicting the severity of calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) in a Chinese case–control study. Results: The LMR significantly decreased in the patients with CAVS compared with healthy controls. An inverse correlation was observed between the severity of stenosis and LMR in the patients. Additionally, the LMR was identified in the multivariate analysis as an independent predictor of severe CAVS. Conclusion: This study provides evidence of an inverse correlation between the severity of CAVS and LMR. LMR could potentially be applied as an independent predictor of severe CAVS and could be incorporated into a novel predictive model.


2021 ◽  
pp. 135481662110022
Author(s):  
Taotao Deng ◽  
Shuai Liu ◽  
Yukun Hu

Urban shrinkage has become a global phenomenon. Although China is still experiencing rapid urbanization, population losses arise in an increasing number of cities. As a booming industry, tourism is expected as a mean to create jobs and curb population loss. Can tourism industry contribute to revive the shrinking cities? Based on panel data of 54 shrinking cities in China, this article explores effects of tourism development on shrinking cities. The results show that there is no evidence that tourism has a significant impact on the population of the shrinking cities. However, tourism shows positive effects on these cities in terms of many aspects, including urban economy, employment, investment, and consumption. This indicates that tourism can revive shrinking cities by economic boom, rather than population growth.


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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402110326
Author(s):  
Guan Huang ◽  
Zhuang Cai

Understanding the development of social security systems constitutes the ultimate goal of social security research. This review traces and compares two schools of thought regarding social security development: the convergence and divergence schools. Using a thematic approach, this article first categorizes extant studies into one of these two schools and then identifies the broadly accepted mechanism of social security development by comparing them. After reviewing the extant research and its theoretical underpinnings, this article applies Mill’s methods of agreement and difference to show how the Chinese case contributes to and challenges our understanding of social security development. By discussing the assumptions of current research on social security development in light of the Chinese case, this article illuminates how political legitimacy serves as a common mechanism of social security development regardless of political context or structure.


2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Jin Fan ◽  
Dingtao Zhao ◽  
Shanyong Wang

2021 ◽  
pp. 097215092110103
Author(s):  
Yadvinder Parmar ◽  
Bikram Jit Singh Mann

This article aims to empirically examine the mediating impact of consumer’s parasocial interaction on the relationship between celebrity images on the consumer’s purchase intentions. It aims to empirically investigate the moderating role of celebrity liking in the formation of consumer’s parasocial interaction. Four different versions of self-administered questionnaire using different celebrities as a stimulus were developed. Data were collected from 484 respondents. Quota cum judgemental sampling method was used for the study. The findings show that parasocial interaction mediates the relationship between celebrity images and purchase intentions. It also reveals positive moderating effect of celebrity liking. It has significant implications for marketers and academicians.


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Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. -R. Wang ◽  
S. -M. Chuang
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Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui-Jun Ma ◽  
Chi-Yu Jia ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Lian-Jin Song ◽  
Rong Hu ◽  
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