Parasocial Interaction describes a felt encounter with a mediated persona whose capacity for reciprocity is limited. Momentary interaction differs from an enduring parasocial relationship, and familiarity neither proves mutual acquaintance nor social deficiency, so cues, measures, and actual opportunities for reply need to be distinguished.
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What these mean
Editorial orientation · Family
Model
In this series, Model names the editorial family primarily used to understand and explain communication: theories, frameworks, effects, traditions, principles and other conceptual resources. It is an umbrella for a route into the field, not a claim that every included object is a predictive model.
Editorial orientation · Category
Concepts & Constructs
Delimits an entity, property, relation or condition relevant to understanding communication. Its principal contribution is to clarify what something means, which features constitute it, and how to recognize or distinguish it.