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What is Parasocial Relationship

Chapter 4
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Media Fandom
A one-sided connection to a figure who is unaware of the other person’s existence; a common psychology among fan audiences who emotionally invest in celebrities or fictional characters.
Published in Chapter:
Music Behind the Masks: Fans' Reaction to the Sounds of Batman Villains
Matthew Hodge (William Peace University, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3323-9.ch004
Abstract
Batman villains are a staple fascination within the franchise's fandom, and music is a powerful tool utilized in allowing fans to experience these characters in an emotionally connected way when viewing live adaptations of them. This chapter examines the appeal of Batman villain narratives, explores how composers scored music for ten selected Gotham City antagonists spanning seven live-action Batman films, and discusses fans' reaction to those scores during a survey conducted by the author involving 55 voluntary participants. These explorations contribute to furthering dialogues on the cultural relevance of comic books in contemporary society, fans' fascination with villain narratives, film scores' function as a representation of on-screen personalities, and music's role in establishing relationships between fan audiences and on-screen characters.
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Audience Replies to Character Blogs as Parasocial Relationships
The term parasocial relationship was first coined by Horton & Wohl (1956) to describe the pseudo-friendships that occur between audience members and TV characters and other media personae. The notion of relationship is used here to describe faux interpersonal relationships that typically share some commonalities with actual interpersonal relationships. For example, an audience member can feel affect toward a character, “know” or understand the character, or relate to a character as if the character was an actual acquaintance. These relationships can represent little more than the liking of a character; they can also extend into the realm of delusion. In such extreme cases, audience members may actually believe they have a relationship with the character. The term is often used to identify the similarities between interpersonal relationships and mediated relationships.
Published in Chapter: Audience Replies to Character Blogs as Parasocial Relationships; From: Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends
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Safe Distances: Online and RL Hyper-Personal Relationships as Potential Attack Surfaces
A one-directional non-reciprocated “relationship” of a person and often a public figure.
Published in Chapter: Safe Distances: Online and RL Hyper-Personal Relationships as Potential Attack Surfaces; From: Handbook of Research on Information and Cyber Security in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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How Would You Like Your (Sustainability) Influencer?: A Cross-Cultural Discrete Choice Experiment on Preferred Influencer Characteristics
A usually asymmetric relationship in which one side of the relationship is a celebrity, media character, or social media influencer, while the other side is an audience member, who feels a connection to the other.
Published in Chapter: How Would You Like Your (Sustainability) Influencer?: A Cross-Cultural Discrete Choice Experiment on Preferred Influencer Characteristics; From: Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Consumer Behavior
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