Research indicates that reality TV viewing frequency and involvement with reality TV are linked. However, previous studies employed cross-sectional designs and were carried out among college students and general adult population, but not among the most frequent consumers of reality TV: adolescents. To better understand the causal link between this demographic segment’s reality TV viewing and involvement, we conducted a longitudinal study among 392 adolescents (ages 15 to 17). Frequency of reality TV viewing increased narrative engagement, parasocial interaction, emotional empathy, merging with the characters, wishful identification, perceived realism, and enjoyment of reality TV six months later. No reverse effects on viewing existed
Reality dating shows like The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Average Joe, For Love or Money and...
This research proposes to examine the role of TV, as a consumer socialisation agent of teenagers fr...
Understanding development of teenagers’ consumption related attitude through their involvement in va...
Research indicates that reality TV viewing frequency and involvement with reality TV are linked. How...
Today’s youth, the Generation Me, is deemed materialistic, entitled, and narcissistic. Individuality...
The purpose of this study is to examine direct and indirect effects of differentiation on viewers’ ...
Social cognitive theory suggests a likely relationship between the rising popularity of both reality...
While it is well-understood that demographic, cultural and personality characteristics predict adole...
We assessed the appeal of reality TV by asking 239 adults to rate themselves on each of 16 basic mot...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify how reality television (RTV) influences the social...
Reality television has inundated the networks, eliciting some of the highest viewership in the Unite...
The aim of this paper is to develop and confirm a multi-item measurement scale for developing teenag...
Reality TV is a popular genre deserving sociological investigation. But, to what extent do watching ...
A new model is proposed to help explain the role of mass media use during adolescence. In this model...
Television has evolved into a potent force to be reckoned with in the transmission of social values ...
Reality dating shows like The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Average Joe, For Love or Money and...
This research proposes to examine the role of TV, as a consumer socialisation agent of teenagers fr...
Understanding development of teenagers’ consumption related attitude through their involvement in va...
Research indicates that reality TV viewing frequency and involvement with reality TV are linked. How...
Today’s youth, the Generation Me, is deemed materialistic, entitled, and narcissistic. Individuality...
The purpose of this study is to examine direct and indirect effects of differentiation on viewers’ ...
Social cognitive theory suggests a likely relationship between the rising popularity of both reality...
While it is well-understood that demographic, cultural and personality characteristics predict adole...
We assessed the appeal of reality TV by asking 239 adults to rate themselves on each of 16 basic mot...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify how reality television (RTV) influences the social...
Reality television has inundated the networks, eliciting some of the highest viewership in the Unite...
The aim of this paper is to develop and confirm a multi-item measurement scale for developing teenag...
Reality TV is a popular genre deserving sociological investigation. But, to what extent do watching ...
A new model is proposed to help explain the role of mass media use during adolescence. In this model...
Television has evolved into a potent force to be reckoned with in the transmission of social values ...
Reality dating shows like The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Average Joe, For Love or Money and...
This research proposes to examine the role of TV, as a consumer socialisation agent of teenagers fr...
Understanding development of teenagers’ consumption related attitude through their involvement in va...