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parasocial interaction with news anchors: a standalone construct

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Mass communication

viewers feeling personally acquainted with television newscasters, as if the anchors were friends.

In mass communication, parasocial interaction with news anchors refers to viewers feeling personally acquainted with television newscasters, as if the anchors were friends. This meaning comes from Levy (1979) in Journal of Broadcasting.[1]

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interaction3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs mass3 fields · 9 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs parasocial interaction4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · interaction is not a relationship

References

Levy, M. R. (1979). Watching TV news as para‐social interaction. Journal of Broadcasting, 23(1), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838157909363919

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