MEDIA, CELEBRITIES, AND FANS: AN EXAMINATION OF ADOLESCENTS' MEDIA USAGE AND INVOLVEMENT WITH ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRITIES

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作者
Chia, Stella C. [1 ]
Poo, Yip Ling [2 ]
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Wee Kim Wee Sch Commun & Informat, Singapore, Singapore
[2] Singapore Dept Stat, Singapore, Singapore
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10.1177/107769900908600103
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G2 [信息与知识传播];
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05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
This study examines how adolescents' involvement with entertainment celebrities mediates media effects oil personal values and subjective wellbeing. A survey of 621 adolescents aged front 11 to 18 years old in Singapore showed that the three aspects of adolescents' involvement with celebrities-entertainment-social values, intense-personal feelings, and borderline-pathological tendencies-were associated with adolescents' media consumption, With the association between intense-personal feelings and media consumption a reciprocal one. The three aspects were directly or indirectly associated With the adolescents' materialistic values, self-esteem, and life satisfaction.
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