LONELINESS, PARASOCIAL INTERACTION, AND LOCAL TELEVISION NEWS VIEWING

Journal Article Loneliness, Parasocial Interaction, and Local Television News Viewing Get access Alan M. Rubin, Alan M. Rubin 1Alan M. Rubin (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976) is associate professor, Elizabeth M. Perse (M. A., Kent State University, 1985) is a doctoral student, and Robert A. Powell (M.A., Kent State University, 1985) is instructor in the School of Speech Communication at Kent State University. We are grateful to Michael McHugh for assisting with development of the parasocial items and data collection, and Carole Barbato for arranging for data collection Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Elizabeth M. Perse, Elizabeth M. Perse 1Alan M. Rubin (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976) is associate professor, Elizabeth M. Perse (M. A., Kent State University, 1985) is a doctoral student, and Robert A. Powell (M.A., Kent State University, 1985) is instructor in the School of Speech Communication at Kent State University. We are grateful to Michael McHugh for assisting with development of the parasocial items and data collection, and Carole Barbato for arranging for data collection Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Robert A. Powell Robert A. Powell 1Alan M. Rubin (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976) is associate professor, Elizabeth M. Perse (M. A., Kent State University, 1985) is a doctoral student, and Robert A. Powell (M.A., Kent State University, 1985) is instructor in the School of Speech Communication at Kent State University. We are grateful to Michael McHugh for assisting with development of the parasocial items and data collection, and Carole Barbato for arranging for data collection Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 1985, Pages 155–180, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.1985.tb00071.x Published: 17 March 2006