Wallowing in Media Past: Media-Induced Nostalgia's Connection to Parasocial Relationships

Wulf, Tim and Rieger, Diana (2018): Wallowing in Media Past: Media-Induced Nostalgia's Connection to Parasocial Relationships. In: Communication Research Reports, Vol. 35, No. 2: pp. 178-182

Abstract

This article elaborates on media-induced nostalgia as a mixed emotion elicited by remembering past media content and characters. It argues that social components of media consumption such as parasocial relationships (PSRs) play an important part in the elicitation of

• Item Type: Journal article
• Keywords: Media Nostalgia;Parasocial Relationships;Past Media;Retro Media;Social Aspects of Media
• Faculties: Social Sciences > Communication
• Subjects: 000 Computer science, information and general works > 070 News media, journalism and publishing; 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology; 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
• ISSN: 0882-4096
• Language: English