Concept information
Preferred term
heroes, identity, and parasocial interaction
Definition
- Children today are exposed to a global repertoire of heroes and champions that can be accessed in a multisensorious, almost omnipresent way across a various of media. The heroes seen on television and in computer and online games are part of children's everyday life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Heroes, Identity, and Parasocial Interaction]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/heroes,_identity,_and_parasocial_interaction
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