Admirer-Celebrity Relationships among Young Adults: Explaining Perceptions of Celebrity Influence on Identity.

Boon, Susan D.; Lomore, Christine D.

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ERIC Number: EJ629282

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Admirer-Celebrity Relationships among Young Adults: Explaining Perceptions of Celebrity Influence on Identity.

Boon, Susan D.; Lomore, Christine D.

Human Communication Research, v27 n3 p432-65 Jul 2001

Investigates undergraduate students' judgments regarding the degree to which relationships with celebrity idols influenced their sense of identity and feelings of self-worth. Discusses the characteristics of the sample of idols participants reported as well as descriptive data concerning the degree to which participants perceived these idols as influential in shaping their sense of identity and feelings of self-worth. (SG)

Descriptors: Emotional Development, Identification (Psychology), Mass Media Effects, Secondary Education, Self Concept, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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