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... > social science subjects > communication and media studies > media studies > media and society > youth and media > developmental stages > heroes, identity, and parasocial interaction

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heroes, identity, and parasocial interaction  

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  • Children today are exposed to a global repertoire of heroes and champions that can be accessed in a multisensorious, almost omnipresent way across a various of media. The heroes seen on television and in computer and online games are part of children's everyday life. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Heroes, Identity, and Parasocial Interaction]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JH8316W9-S

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