Young Children’s Positive and Negative Parasocial Relationships with Media Characters

摘要: There is a scarcity of research on how young children form short- and long-term emotional connections with popular media characters. Preexisting children’s parasocial relationships (PSR) personae has traditionally operationally defined PSR exclusively in terms friendship focused television However, growing body suggests the need for wider survey platforms. Scholarship also actually points to two distinct constructs PSR: positive (friendly feelings or amicability) negative (unfriendly antipathy). This study engaged 88 ages 5–7 open- closed-ended questions designed measure both PSR. Our reveals more nuanced understanding