Parasocial Interaction is a psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their encounters with mass media, Viewers or listeners come to consider media personalities as friends, despite having no or limited interactions with them. for example if you feel like you're one of the gang while watching the characters from Friends spend time together at the Central Perk.
Analyse the representation of gender in the music videos for "The Man " by Taylor Swift and "Riptide " by Vance Joy The man and Riptide focus on different representations of women. The man often sexualises women and focuses on the idea that women are easily impressed by men. In the start of the video when Swifts character is walking through the office we see the women in the background fighting over a scrunched up piece of paper he has thrown into the air, this shows that women are easily impressed by men who are attractive or powerful. Later on in the video we see the protagonist in the park with their daughter, he picks up his daughter and throws her in a playful way and then we see a close up of two women blushing and impressed with the way he barely cares for his daughter, This further highlights the idea women are easily impressed by powerful and handsome men. Women are also highly sexualised throughout the video. Firstly on the bo...
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