Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social support
Prior research examines how social media use in general affects experiences of loneliness, but few studies have investigated the specific effects of interaction with social media influencers on loneliness and well-being. The study investigates how followers’ interaction with social media influencers...
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| description | Prior research examines how social media use in general affects experiences of loneliness, but few studies have investigated the specific effects of interaction with social media influencers on loneliness and well-being. The study investigates how followers’ interaction with social media influencers affects loneliness through mediation mechanisms underlying this process. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-061f14f4bc82411284a36305bce36a262025-08-20T02:36:20ZengDe GruyterOnline Media and Global Communication2749-90492024-12-013460763010.1515/omgc-2024-0025Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social supportLiu Juan0Lee Jung-Sook1Department of Mass Communication, 1492Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD21252, USADepartment of Mass Communication, 1492Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD21252, USAPrior research examines how social media use in general affects experiences of loneliness, but few studies have investigated the specific effects of interaction with social media influencers on loneliness and well-being. The study investigates how followers’ interaction with social media influencers affects loneliness through mediation mechanisms underlying this process.https://doi.org/10.1515/omgc-2024-0025social media influencerslonelinessparasocial relationshipssense of belongingperceived social supportunited states |
| spellingShingle | Liu Juan Lee Jung-Sook Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social support Online Media and Global Communication social media influencers loneliness parasocial relationships sense of belonging perceived social support united states |
| title | Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social support |
| title_full | Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social support |
| title_fullStr | Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social support |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social support |
| title_short | Social media influencers and followers’ loneliness: the mediating roles of parasocial relationship, sense of belonging, and social support |
| title_sort | social media influencers and followers loneliness the mediating roles of parasocial relationship sense of belonging and social support |
| topic | social media influencers loneliness parasocial relationships sense of belonging perceived social support united states |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/omgc-2024-0025 |
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