Positive Social Impact of Television - TV Notes For BJMC
Positive Social Impact of Television:- Social Surrogacy Hypothesis:- 1 . Current research is discovering that individuals suffering from social isolation can employ television to create what is termed a paras ocial or faux relationship with characters from their favorite television shows and movies as a way of deflect ing feelings of loneliness and social deprivation . 2 . Just as an individual would spend time with a real person sharing opinions and thoughts , pseudo - relations hips are formed with TV characters by becoming personally invested in their lives as if they were a close friend . 3 . Jay e Derrick and Sh ira Gabriel of the University of Buffalo , and Kurt Hug enberg of Miami University found that when an individual is not able to participate in interactions with real people , they are less likely to indicate feelings of loneliness when watching their