Gleason Theran And Newberg

Gleason, Theran, and Newberg examined the parasocial relationship within the stage of early adolescence. The researchers hypothesized people automatically form the parasocial relationship with celebrities, and gender differences can cause different parasocial relationships. By testing the hypothesis, the researchers gave out surveys to 151 young adults by asking them about their favorite celebrities, and their feelings toward about them. In results, most of the participants have one-sided relationships toward movie-stars or sports athletes. For example, Male tends to choose more athletes to form relationship with than girls. ( Gleason,Theran,& Newberg 2017) One strength of this research is that the researchers use the survey method. Survey