Rlhamm

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:22, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

Instructor Feedback for Wiki Draft

Nice job adding a section about social media to the parasocial interaction page. I think you are presenting the information well and in an approachable way. However, I think there could be more discussion about how social media allows or more parasocial interaction. What is the communication like between people and their parasocial relationships in the social media environment as opposed to previous forms of media? How has parasocial communication changed as a result of increasing social media use? The Jin and Pua (2014) study is presented well, but I think you can describe a little more about the direct connection between this study and the implications for understanding parasocial relationships. Also, I think there could be more focus on the relational development of parasocial relationships. People don’t just have a strong parasocial relationship overnight. It takes time to develop. What is this process like communicatively? Overall the quality is good and could use just some minor revisions. I think there could be a little more quantity though. Maybe add another section or address some gaps in the presentation of parasocial communication or how parasocial relationships develop and end. Jrpederson (talk) 02:47, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

• Hi! I think that your proposed contributions are really good so far! I only have two notes: the first is to look for secondary sources for the research study highlighted in the article. Studies are seen as primary sources for the claims and research created by its authors, as the publications that put out the work only check to make sure that there are no obvious errors in the study that would invalidate its claims. They don't really provide any sort of reflection or published feedback on the work, nor do they verify the claims. As such, secondary sources that cover the study are used to fill this need and to also show where the study is notable enough to highlight. I don't think that you'll have any problem with this offhand, as Google Scholar brings up 171 results of works that cite the study. The second note is to just make sure that you put all of your sources into the article as in-line citations - directions on that are here. Offhand this looks great! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:31, 6 July 2018 (UTC)