Horton and Wohl revisited: Exploring viewers' experience of parasocial interaction

Journal of Communication

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1104-1121

  Hartmann, Tilo ^a   Goldhoorn, Charlotte ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 83155192974     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01595.x     Document Type: Article

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