Mass communication and para-social interaction: Observations on intimacy at a distance
Horton and Wohl introduced the term para-social interaction in a paper in Psychiatry whose subtitle describes observations on intimacy at a distance. The term names the one-sided sense of closeness between an audience and a media performer. Later research, including the papers cited alongside it, builds on the term.
Horton and Wohl introduced the term para-social interaction in a paper in Psychiatry whose subtitle describes observations on intimacy at a distance. The term names the one-sided sense of closeness between an audience and a media performer. Later research, including the papers cited alongside it, builds on the term.
Written from the citation record (Taylor and Francis, Psychiatry 19(3), 215-229); abstract text not available; coining of the term and the paper's subtitle only.
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Horton, D., & Wohl, R. R. (1956). Mass communication and para-social interaction: Observations on intimacy at a distance. Psychiatry, 19(3), 215-229. doi:10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049 https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049