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LONELINESS, PARASOCIAL INTERACTION, AND LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS VIEWING

RUBIN, ALAN M., PERSE, ELIZABETH M., POWELL, ROBERT A.·1985·Human Communication Research
DOI 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1985.tb00071.x
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A conceptual model was developed predicting parasocial interaction from both a social interaction need due to loneliness and instrumental television news use. Questionnaires were completed by 329 persons. Pearson and partial correlations supported hypotheses linking loneliness with less interpersonal communication and both loneliness and parasocial interaction with more television reliance. Loneliness and parasocial interaction were not correlated. Canonical correlation analysis supported expectations that instrumental news viewing for information was related to more parasocial interaction and perceived news realism; viewing news for exciting entertainment, news affinity, and news viewing levels correlated positively with this pattern. Ritualized news viewing for time consumption was related to more television viewing, but to less news viewing, duration, and affinity. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis identified news affinity, perceived news realism, and information news viewing motives as salient predictors of parasocial interaction with a favorite local television news personality. Implications of results were discussed in light of uses and gratifications research and communication interaction.

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Authors
RUBIN, A. M., PERSE, E. M., & POWELL, R. A.
Venue
Human Communication Research
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1985-12
Volume
12
Issue
2
Pages
155-180
ISSN
  • 0360-3989 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2958
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2958.1985.tb00071.x
OpenAlex
W2017005212
Cited by
1,135
References
8
FWCI
132.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 10866 d)

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