Parasocial interactions and paracommunication with new media characters

Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Volumn 9780203926864, Issue , 2008, Pages 177-199

  Hartmann, Tilo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203926864     Document Type: Chapter

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