levels

• What did Giles and Maltby do?


  Used the celebrity attitude scale on 1,700 British pps aged between 14-62 years and found three levels of parasocial relationships
• What is the celebrity attitude scale?


  A 17 item questionnaire used to measure interest in celebrities
• What are the 3 levels of parasocial r'ships?


  entertainment social , intense-personal, borderline pathological
• What is the entertainment social level?


  Least intense level of celebrity worship

  • celebs viewed as sources of entertainment and fuelling social interaction
• Example of entertainment social?


  discussing gossip about celebrities eg who they are dating
• What is the intense-personal level?


  Intermediate level reflecting a greater personal involvement
• Example of intense-personal level?


  Fan may have frequent obsessive thoughts and intense feelings about the celeb, considering them as a soul mate
• What is the borderline pathological level?


  Strongest level of celebrity worship

  • uncontrollable fantasies and extreme behaviours are seen
• example of bordeline pathological level?


  spending large amounts of money on a celebrity related object or commiting a crime eg stalking