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I’m going to explain how anitwt teens believing fiction is real is becoming a phenomenon.
Emotional investment in fictional media (parasocial interaction) is having an effect on impressionable reality status (*in primarily adolescents).
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Emotional investment in fictional media (parasocial interaction) is having an effect on impressionable reality status (*in primarily adolescents).
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Reality status is the cognitive ability to distinguish fiction from nonfiction.
PSI (parasocial interaction or relationship) is one way emotional investment into an entity unaware of your existence (stans of celebs, anime characters, etc).
PSI (parasocial interaction or relationship) is one way emotional investment into an entity unaware of your existence (stans of celebs, anime characters, etc).
PSI and developed Reality Status can coexist. That’s most shippers, fans, stans, etc you see.
PSI affecting Reality Status would mean emotional investment causing a person to believe the fictional recipient is (possibly) real.
PSI affecting Reality Status would mean emotional investment causing a person to believe the fictional recipient is (possibly) real.
This can further cause euphoria or simultaneous distress as the (fictional) recipient isn’t accessible to their emotions unless validated through imagined/fabricated interaction. You can see how this blurs the line between real and not real.
This can distort what parameters effect real people versus fictional entities TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
* This is why we see variability anime fan to anime fan. There’s a difference in the result of PSI meeting reality status.
* This is why we see variability anime fan to anime fan. There’s a difference in the result of PSI meeting reality status.
There is an overlap between media psychology and psychology. It is a post-2005 phenomenon as:
PSI is a relatively “new” observation; studied in adults.
Reality Status has been studied regarding cultural entities (Santa) in young children.
Studies have not overlapped yet.
PSI is a relatively “new” observation; studied in adults.Reality Status has been studied regarding cultural entities (Santa) in young children.Studies have not overlapped yet.
