The role of team and social identity in parasocial relationships and parasocial breakups: Lionel Messi’s departure from FC Barcelona

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  • dc.contributor.author Datta Mikkilineni, Sai
  • dc.contributor.author Billings, Andrew C.
  • dc.contributor.author Brown, Kenon A.
  • dc.contributor.author Ramon Vegas, Xavier
  • dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-04T06:40:18Z
  • dc.date.available 2024-07-04T06:40:18Z
  • dc.date.issued 2023
  • dc.description.abstract Communication scholars have demonstrated great interest in exploring the manifestation of parasocial relationships (PSR) with media persona. Despite such elaborate investigations, the mechanisms underlying PSR and parasocial breakup (PSB) are relatively unexplored in nonfictional circumstances. This study examines the oftenoverlooked effect of multiple identities (i.e., social and team identity) on expressions of PSR and PSB. Using the 2021 exit of soccer superstar Lionel Messi from FC Barcelona, this study incorporates data from 293 Spaniards to assess a structural equation model, finding that social and team identities were positively related to PSR, although both identities revealed distinct influences. Similarly, social and team identities intensified PSB. Finally, our results also indicate that PSR is positively related to PSB. This study advances current theoretical understandings of PSR and PSB, particularly within a nonAmerican media context.
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  • dc.identifier.citation Datta Mikkilineni S, Billings AC, Brown KA, Ramon X. The role of team and social identity in parasocial relationships and parasocial breakups: Lionel Messi’s departure from FC Barcelona. International journal of communication. 2023;17:4667-85.
  • dc.identifier.issn 1932–8036
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60662
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher University of Southern California
  • dc.relation.ispartof International journal of communication. 2023;17:4667-85.
  • dc.rights Copyright © 2023 (Sai Datta Mikkilineni, Andrew C. Billings, Kenon A. Brown, and Xavier Ramon). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd).
  • dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
  • dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  • dc.subject.keyword Parasocial relationships
  • dc.subject.keyword Parasocial breakup
  • dc.subject.keyword Social identity
  • dc.subject.keyword Team identit
  • dc.title The role of team and social identity in parasocial relationships and parasocial breakups: Lionel Messi’s departure from FC Barcelona
  • dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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