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Peer reviewedPerse, Elizabeth M.; Rubin, Rebecca B. – Communication Research, 1989
Examines social and parasocial interaction from interpersonal attribution perspectives. Finds subjects' relationships with soap opera characters, like social relationships with real people, are based on reduction of uncertainty and ability to predict the character's feelings and attitudes. Discusses implications for uncertainty reduction theory…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
