Psychology of Celebrity
|Study |Key Points/Things to remember |Evaluation |
|Social Psychology |=one sided celeb relationship/target individual unaware of|Schiappa etal meta anal say loneliness not|
|Explanations |existence of person – few demands/criticism and rejection |sole cause of P.R+ similar 2 self/fit |
|Parasocial - |compared to IRL relations – celeb fills in space of |celeb more like 2 form P.R-some say |
|Relationships |peoples lifes |socials +like 2 engage |
|Absorption Addiction |1. Entertainment Social= look to talk with friends about |Maltby/Eyensck personalit questionaire R2S|
|Model McCutcheon etal’s |celeb gossip etc |AA mod: Extroverts associate with |
|Celeb Attitude Scale |2. Intense-Personal= intense feelings for celeb, becomes |entertain social-Nuerotism |
|measure+ rank PR’s 3 |an obsession |anxiety/=intense P =poor mental health |
|stages= |3. Borderline Pathological= harmful+ |high worship no sure link for psychotism |
| |uncontrollable/interfere evry day life beliefs+ results in|+ borderline pathology? |
| |stalking/john lennon – most (not weak) ppl not go past | |
| |stg1 | |
|Derrick etal examine low|US undergrads- find they fav celeb similar 2 ideal self =|but through self report/ essay |
|self-esteem |boost self esteem - high esteem fav celeb 2 actual self |gender/culture/age bias? |
|Attachment style/eating |Cole etal
|Social Psychology |=one sided celeb relationship/target individual unaware of|Schiappa etal meta anal say loneliness not|
|Explanations |existence of person – few demands/criticism and rejection |sole cause of P.R+ similar 2 self/fit |
|Parasocial - |compared to IRL relations – celeb fills in space of |celeb more like 2 form P.R-some say |
|Relationships |peoples lifes |socials +like 2 engage |
|Absorption Addiction |1. Entertainment Social= look to talk with friends about |Maltby/Eyensck personalit questionaire R2S|
|Model McCutcheon etal’s |celeb gossip etc |AA mod: Extroverts associate with |
|Celeb Attitude Scale |2. Intense-Personal= intense feelings for celeb, becomes |entertain social-Nuerotism |
|measure+ rank PR’s 3 |an obsession |anxiety/=intense P =poor mental health |
|stages= |3. Borderline Pathological= harmful+ |high worship no sure link for psychotism |
| |uncontrollable/interfere evry day life beliefs+ results in|+ borderline pathology? |
| |stalking/john lennon – most (not weak) ppl not go past | |
| |stg1 | |
|Derrick etal examine low|US undergrads- find they fav celeb similar 2 ideal self =|but through self report/ essay |
|self-esteem |boost self esteem - high esteem fav celeb 2 actual self |gender/culture/age bias? |
|Attachment style/eating |Cole etal