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87: The Science of Parasocial Relationships (with Shaaba.)

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🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Are influencers your friends? Some people feel like they might be, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about this week with Shaaba, an actual scientist studying parasocial relationships!

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References and Further Reading 
  1. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/222304
  2. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838158709386664
  3. https://academic.oup.com/joc/article-abstract/61/6/1104/4098489?redirectedFrom=fulltext
  4. https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology/topics/levels-of-parasocial-relationships
  5. https://www.tutor2u.net/psychology/reference/relationships-parasocial-relationships
  6. https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/9073
  7. https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=yP0C_1SoK8cC&oi=fnd&pg=PT400&dq=levels+of+parasocial+relationships&ots=XVztS047T6&sig=Hboh8hw6dR8y2hOAisxw2G-Kcy8#v=onepage&q=levels%20of%20parasocial%20relationships&f=false
  8. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Giles4/publication/263088893_Parasocial_relationships/links/00b7d539db16e6dcb5000000/Parasocial-relationships.pdf?origin=publication_detail
  9. https://thejsms.org/tsmri/index.php/TSMRI/article/download/364/167&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwidoIKt-MfnAhWBK80KHdeeAXoQFjAdegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2y9r16gxIWYuwi5LiX2ymm
  10. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-07390-009
  11. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole_Liebers/publication/333748971_Parasocial_Interactions_and_Relationships_with_Media_Characters_-_An_Inventory_of_60_Years_of_Research/links/5d25ae8b92851cf44074e830/Parasocial-Interactions-and-Relationships-with-Media-Characters-An-Inventory-of-60-Years-of-Research.pdf?origin=publication_detail
  12. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28280479/
  13. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-internet-and-social-life.-Bargh-McKenna/4c9b69c992700cf963682c42a207457647f98012
  14. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Why-We-Follow%3A-An-Examination-of-Parasocial-and-Fan-Frederick-Lim/d3fa7b64d6c50ef656d27b45fd9d71a2ac109ce5
  15. https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/horton-and-wohl-revisited-exploring-viewers-experience-of-parasoc
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  21. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563215000928
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0:00.0

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0:58.0

Very nice. We do jump from thing to thing. And speaking of jumping from thing to thing,

1:01.1

we should probably start the Sci guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird, and wonderful stories from the science world.

1:16.2

I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, Jem, Noah Finns, and special guest Shaba?

1:22.1

Hello!

1:33.3

Thank you. How are you doing, Chabla? Welcome to the show.

1:34.3

I'm good, thanks.

1:35.3

Thank you for having me on.

1:36.3

This is cool.

1:37.3

Your setup is amazing.

1:38.3

Oh, thank you.

1:39.3

Beautiful lighting.

1:40.3

Yes, I'm loving the purple.

1:41.3

You're giving me bye vibes.

1:43.3

Oh, bye guys. Bicycle. This week we'll be talking about our relationships. I don't think we should do that. Well, we're not talking about our relationships. We're talking about parasycial relationships. Have you heard about those before? Yeah, I have heard about it. Has anyone here heard about them before? Anyone, anyone at all, have any experience with parasocial relationships? I'm sure we've all had some at some point. I mean, I think I've heard about it once or twice. Is it a hot topic online at the moment? It is a hot topic online at the moment. Yeah, that is something that people are talking about a lot, but maybe they don't understand exactly what it is, so that's what we are here for today.

2:18.3

So, let's jump right into it.

2:20.3

What is a parasocial interaction and a parasocial relationship?

2:23.3

Anyone know?

2:24.3

It's like a one-way friendship formed through some kind of medium.

2:30.3

Now, it's like social media a lot, isn't it?

2:32.3

So it's like, one person gets an attachment to someone,

2:35.0

but the other person doesn't know that they exist.

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