Parasocial Interactions Online: Candidate Intimacy in Webpages and Facebook (open access)

Parasocial Interactions Online: Candidate Intimacy in Webpages and Facebook

This article presents research assessing cognitive processing and behavioral outcome differences that occur when the public interacts with political candidates' webpages as opposed to viewing their Facebook pages.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Schartel Dunn, Stephanie G. & Nisbett, Gwendelyn S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fuzzy, Transparent, and Fast: Journalists and Public Relations Practitioners Characterize their Connections and Interactions in Social Media (open access)

Fuzzy, Transparent, and Fast: Journalists and Public Relations Practitioners Characterize their Connections and Interactions in Social Media

This article examines views on social media interactions between professionals through a mixed-methods study based on a survey including open-ended responses from 167 journalists and public relations practitioners.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Chimbel, Aaron; Everbach, Tracy & Lambiase, Jacqueline
System: The UNT Digital Library