Neuere Forschung zu parasozialen Interaktionen und Beziehungen

The number of studies on parasocial interactions and relationships of a media nature has exploded in recent years. This book provides reports on more than 250 studies published between 2016 and 2020 as well as a review of the recent findings and trends in research on parasocial phenomena. It enables the reader to find studies according to his/her individual focus of research and provides benchmark data on theory, methods and results for each of these studies. In doing so, this book aims at facilitating the first steps into parasocial research as well as the conceptual design of advanced studies in this eclectic field.