Social and Parasocial Relationships on Social Network Sites(4)

b.While the correlation between two types of SNS rela-tionships is not huge,the observed0.25correlation is not totally ignorable.In fact,time for SNS use shows a correlation between dependency on parasocial relationships(r=0.17, p<0.001)and dependency on social relationships(r=0.11, p<0.05),indicating that heavy SNS users are active in form-ing both types of relationships.

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr.June Woong Rhee,Dr.Eunmee Kim, and Dr.Irkwon Jeong for their valuable comments on the?rst draft of this article.

Author Disclosure Statement

No competing?nancial interests exist.

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