Wishful identification is the extension of identification, which refers to people’s desire to become or to act in the same way as a certain media character. The majority of research about wishful identification has focused on its impacts on media users’ intimate relationships with, attachment to, identification with, imitation of, or interaction with media figures.
Wishful identification is the extension of identification, which refers to people’s desire to become or to act in the same way as a certain media character. The majority of research about wishful identification has focused on its impacts on media users’ intimate relationships with, attachment to, identification with, imitation of, or interaction with media figures.
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