Defining Identification: A Theoretical Look at the Identification of Audiences With Media Characters
- Jonathan Cohen
- Business
- 1 August 2001
In this article I argue that although the notion of identification with media characters is widely discussed in media research, it has not been carefully conceptualized or rigorously tested in…
Understanding audience involvement: Conceptualizing and manipulating identification and transportation
- Nurit Tal-Or, Jonathan Cohen
- Psychology
- 1 August 2010
Parasocial Breakups: Measuring Individual Differences in Responses to the Dissolution of Parasocial Relationships
- Jonathan Cohen
- Psychology
- 1 May 2003
A self-report measure is presented for assessing the expected reactions of television viewers to the loss of parasocial relationships. Based on three separate samples, the measure is validated and…
Parasocial Break-Up from Favorite Television Characters: The Role of Attachment Styles and Relationship Intensity
- Jonathan Cohen
- Psychology
- 1 April 2004
This study examined the responses of television viewers to the potential loss of their favorite television characters. A sample of 381 Israeli adults completed questionnaires, including questions…
Parasocial relations and romantic attraction: Gender and dating status differences
- Jonathan Cohen
- Psychology
- 22 September 1997
The present study explores the links between individual TV viewers’ working models of attachment (Bowlby, 1980) and the parasocial relations they establish with their favorite TV character. Student…
When Good Friends Say Goodbye: A Parasocial Breakup Study
- Keren Eyal, Jonathan Cohen
- Psychology
- 1 September 2006
This study examines viewers' reactions to parasocial breakup with mediated characters in light of interpersonal and mass communication theories. Following the airing of the last episode of the…
Cultivation revisited: Some genres have some effects on some viewers
- Jonathan Cohen, G. Weimann
- Psychology
- 1 June 2000
This study aims to explore the effects of TV viewing on the cultivation of fear and interpersonal trust among Israeli youth, and to make methodological and theoretical contributions to the study of…
Favorite characters of teenage viewers of Israeli serials
- Jonathan Cohen
- Education
- 22 June 1999
The present study explores the factors influencing Israeli teenage viewers’ choice of their favorite TV character from a popular night‐time serial. Participants were asked to choose a character from…
Fact-Checking: A Meta-Analysis of What Works and for Whom
- Nathan Walter, Jonathan Cohen, R. L. Holbert, Yasmin Morag
- PsychologyPolitical Communication
- 3 May 2020
Despite its growing prominence in news coverage and public discourse, there is still considerable ambiguity regarding when and how fact-checking affects beliefs. Informed by theories of motivated…
Temporarily Expanding the Boundaries of the Self: Motivations for Entering the Story World and Implications for Narrative Effects
- M. Slater, Benjamin K. Johnson, Jonathan Cohen, M. Comello, D. Ewoldsen
- Psychology
- 1 June 2014
A wide variety of motivations for engaging with narratives have been proposed and studied. We propose that underlying these motivations is another, more fundamental motivation. Our premise is that…
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