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parasocial interaction

psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their mediated encounters with performers in the mass media
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parasocial interaction

Summary

parasocial interaction ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,405 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • parasocial interaction is a type of social interaction[2].
  • parasocial interaction is a type of psychological phenomenon[3].
  • parasocial interaction's described by source is recorded as A Dictionary of Media and Communication (1st ed.)[4].
  • parasocial interaction's different from is recorded as sociality[5].
  • parasocial interaction's named by is recorded as Richard Wohl[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include social interaction[2] and psychological phenomenon[3].

Why It Matters

parasocial interaction ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,405 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → social interaction, psychological phenomenon
    Different from → sociality
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012575329805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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