• DOI:10.1080/01463379309369904
• Corpus ID: 144019910

Interpersonal and psychological predictors of parasocial interaction with different television performers

@article{Turner1993InterpersonalAP,
  title={Interpersonal and psychological predictors of parasocial interaction with different television performers},
  author={John R. Turner},
  journal={Communication Quarterly},
  year={1993},
  volume={41},
  pages={443-453}
}

• J. R. Turner
• Published 1 September 1993
• Psychology
• Communication Quarterly

The study examined the relationship of interpersonal homophily and self‐esteem with the development of parasocial interaction. “Attitude”; homophily was found to be the strongest predictor, among the independent variables, of parasocial interaction for all three groups of television performers. The results also indicated that certain dimensions of a person's self‐esteem helped to predict and to explain parasocial interaction. The study showed how an integration of interpersonal and mass communication theories contributes to our knowledge of parasocial interaction.