Our Relationship with Other People (6)

Para-Social Interaction is the phenomenon describing how people interact with media personas as if they had a ___ relationship

PSI: PSI is limited to the duration of the ___

PSI: PSR refers to a connection that exists beyond ___

PSI: Person in media is the ___

PSI: Phenomenon is caused by ___ and perceived ___ spatial distance of the persona (close-ups), ___ references, and ___ references (welcome everybody)

PSI: can differ in ___

PSI: Two-Level Model is an attempt to systematically describe the process of PSI based on characteristics of the a) ___ and b) the ___

PSI: Perceptive-cognitive

PSI: Affective

PSI: Conative

PSI: Typical Methodology

PSI: Effects tend to be stronger towards ___ and in ___ people

PSI Classic Study (PSI is more than friendship: evidence for PSI with disliked media figures): ___ data gathered through internet questionnaires

PSI Classic Study Results: PSI was reported for both ___ and ___ TV characters, stronger for ___

PSI: Limitations; PSI and PSR are not ___

Social Comparison: Differentiation between ___

SC: Festinger's Hypothesis 1. The human organism has a drive to ___

SC: Festinger's Hypothesis 2. When objective standards are not available, people ___ their opinions / skills by ___ them with the opinions / skills of ___

SC: Festinger's Hypothesis 3. The tendency to compare oneself with certain others decreases when the difference between their opinions / abilities and one's own ___

SC: Typical Methodology

SC: affects how we ___

SC: the central motive for the choice of media is ___

SC: media choice is based on ___

SC: relation between the level of ___ and ___

SC: focus on self-evaluation leads to ___

SC: focus on self-improvement leads to ___

SC Classic Study (SC as the thief of joy: emotional consequences of viewing strangers' instagram posts): viewing strangers' positive insta posts decreased positive affect among individuals with ___ levels of social comparison, but increased among individuals with ___ levels of social comparison orientation

Impression Management is a process by which individuals attempt to ___

IM: includes both ___

IM: Two-Component Model 1. When do people engage in IM? Discrepancy between ___ and ___ self-image

IM: Two-Component Model 2. Why do people choose which IM tactic? People want to convey an ___ of themselves, influenced by ___ requirements

IM: How do people construct an impression?

IM: Typical Methodology

IM Classic Study (Facebook profiles reflect actual personality, not self-idealization): compared users' ___ personality (self-report + friend evaluation) with the ___ personality by strangers based on the users' Facebook profile

IM Classic Study Results: SNS is an extended ___ in which to express one's ___ personality

IM: Limitations; self-report data is critical since ___

Social Capital is capital that ___

SC: Strong / bonding ties are ___ ties with ___, provide ___

SC: Weak / bridging ties are ___ contacts with ___, focuses more on the ___ of connections

SC: Typical Methodology

SC Classic Study (calling all Facebook friends: exploring requests for help on Facebook): How do users utilize ___ from Facebook use? ___ of 20.000 status updates by Facebook users, collection of ___ about the specific users

SC Classic Study Results: mostly requests for ___ level ___

SC: Limitations