Testing a Universal Tool for Measuring Parasocial Interactions Across Different Situations and Media: Findings from Three Studies

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-36

  Schramm, Holger ^a   Wirth, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

comparative studies; media characters; parasocial interaction; parasocial relationship; scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953315151     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000004     Document Type: Article

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