Riva Tukachinsky
Riva Tukachinsky is a communication researcher at Chapman University and first author of a 2018 paper in Communication Theory that proposes a staged model of how a parasocial relationship develops.
Who they are
Tukachinsky is listed at Chapman University on the repository record of the 2018 paper, written with Gayle Stever. This page rests on that one paper. Her wider career and other publications have not been checked against a source here, and no claim is made about them.
Key papers
Key ideas
A staged model
The paper builds on a model of how relationships between people develop in stages. It describes the relational goals and parasocial interactions that belong to the stages, identifies the variables that predict engagement at each stage and outlines the outcomes.
A process, not a single feeling
The authors treat a parasocial relationship as a dynamic process and not as a single experience that varies in intensity. They also assess how well existing measures capture the stages, and say the framing points to new directions for empirical research.
Sources
- Tukachinsky, R., & Stever, G. (2018). 'Theorizing development of parasocial engagement.' Communication Theory, qty032. doi:10.1093/ct/qty032