Tag: Parasocial Relationships

Tech Review and Redesign

The PBS Peg + Cat Big Gig app, based on the PBS Kids Series by the same name, aims to help kids between the ages of three and six practice counting and math through song. In this reflection, I analyze the positive contributions of the parasocial relationship afforded through the app on a child’s learning… Read more Tech Review and Redesign

Parasocial Relationship

My favorite cartoon when I was young (and maybe still today) was Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy on Cartoon Network. The protagonists of the show were the three “Eds,” living in suburbia like me, each with a wildly different personality. Ed was an absurdist oaf, Edd was a nebbish nerd, and Eddy was a conniving prankster. Two friends… Read more Parasocial Relationship

Parasocial Activity

Sirius Black I remember crying when his character in the Harry Potter novels died. I was undoubtedly (probably still am) very attached to him. This was probably because I loved how he portrayed an adult with all the safety, security and wisdom that an adult embodies while at the same being childlike, playful and someone extremely… Read more Parasocial Activity

Corinne's Parasocial Relationship

When I was a kid, I really identified with Clarissa of “Clarissa Explains It All.”  She was WAY COOL.