Author Description

Cover -- Parasocial Experiences -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms And Definitions -- Introduction -- 1. Parasocial Theory And Psychological Theory -- Researching The Parasocial -- Three Unanswered Questions -- Theoretical Perspectives -- 2. Parasocial To Social As A Continuum -- Parasocial Interaction -- When Is It Parasocial? When Is It Not? -- Scandal, Gossip, And Notoriety -- Parasocial To Social Transitions -- Differentiating A Psr From Identification -- The Role Of Imagination -- Narrative Psychology And The Science Of Storytelling Psrs And Distinguishing Actors From Their Characters -- Parasocial Breakup -- 3. Multisocial Interaction? -- Defining New Types Of Media Figure -- New Types Of Parasocial Interaction -- Approaches To Studying New Media Figures -- Social Media As Multisocial Interaction -- 4. Parasocial Perception And Para-communication -- Parasocial Perception -- Para-communication And Parasocial Perception In Fandoms -- Illusion Versus Reality -- Case Studies -- Conclusion -- 5. Parasocial Aspects Of Social Relationships -- What Is Donald Trump Doing In My Dream? -- Media Figures As Family Members And Friends Parasocial Relationships In Childhood -- Self-nonself Boundary -- 6. Psychoanalytic Theory And The Parasocial -- Three Unanswered Questions In Media Psychology -- In Defense Of Psychoanalytic Theory -- Transitional Objects And Media -- The Elsewhere And The Other -- Identification With The Other -- Fantasy... And Phantasy -- Language -- Narrative -- Psychoanalytic Theories And Attachment Theories -- 7. Parasocial Attachment And Its Place In Attachment Theory -- What Are The Essential Elements Of Attachment Theory? -- Place Attachment -- Attachment To Animals/pets Winnicott's Object Relations Theory: Attachment To Transitional Objects -- Attachment To God -- Parasocial Attachment: Mediated Attachment -- Parasocial Attachment: The Death Of Queen Elizabeth -- Attachment And Its Relationship To Evolutionary Psychology -- Evolutionary Theory: Desire And Arousal -- Parasocial Romantic Relationships -- Observations On Attraction -- What Does All This Mean In The Context Of The Psrr? -- Exploring Further: The Crush -- The Narrative As It Relates To Psrrs -- Aidan Turner And Poldark -- Conclusion 8. The Social And The Spiritual In Fandom And Parasocial Relationships -- Social And Emotional Impact Of Fandom And Parasocial Relationships In A Variety Of Contexts -- The Sociometer Theory -- Collective Effervescence -- Mudita -- Fandom As Compared To Forms Of Religious Expression -- Charisma -- Celebrity Worship -- To Consider -- Fandom Versus Parasocial Relationships -- Conclusion -- 9. Fans Meet Celebrities: Cameo And Conventions -- Cameo And Parasocial Interaction -- Talking With Dean O'gorman -- Social Media As Self-help -- Nana Visitor -- Robert Picardo -- Denise Crosby David C. Giles And Gayle S. Stever. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.