Finding meaning in a celebrity’s death: The relationship between parasocial attachment, grief, and sharing educational health information related to Robin Williams on social network sites
| Autor: | Cynthia Hoffner, Elizabeth L. Cohen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Coping (psychology)
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050801 communication & media studies 050109 social psychology Suicide prevention humanities Human-Computer Interaction Public space 0508 media and communications Moderated mediation Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Meaning-making 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Health education Grief Psychology Social psychology Health communication General Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Computers in Human Behavior. 65:643-650 |
| ISSN: | 0747-5632 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.042 |
| Popis: | Celebrity health events can have a positive effect on public health education and awareness, in part because people spread health information related to the celebrity on social network sites. This may be particularly true in the event of celebrity deaths or other tragedies, when social network sites provide a convenient, public space to connect with others to mourn. However, little is understood about the circumstances that encourage health information sharing following these events. Using a Mechanical Turk sample (N=281), this study employed a questionnaire to examine the role of parasocial attachment to Robin Williams and experienced grief following his suicide in explaining health information sharing on social network sites (i.e., sharing information about clinical depression, suicide prevention, substance abuse treatment, and Parkinsons disease). Grief mediated the effect of parasocial attachment on health information sharing, but a moderated mediation analysis revealed that grief motivated health education on social network sites only for individuals who were coping by trying to find positive meaning in his death. Grief for beloved celebrities can act as a catalyst for health education on social network sites.Grief over Robin Williams passing mediated the effect of parasocial attachment on sharing health information.Grief only motivated health information sharing among individuals engaged in positive meaning making coping. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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