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Parasocial Relationships With Media Characters: Imaginary Companions for Young Children's Social and Cognitive Development
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“Drawing parallels from the para-social interaction theory (Calvert, 2017; Giles, 2002; Rubin & McHugh, 1987), we argue that viewers tend to imitate the actions of the media character, in this case, the lo-fi girl.”
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- Calvert, S. L.
- Venue
- Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2017
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- 93-117
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 3
- Language
- en
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