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Cynthia A. Hoffner

CA

48

Publications

4.1K

Citations

34

H-Index

1985

Active since

Affiliations

Georgia State University(Current)

Illinois State University

University of Wisconsin–Madison

West Virginia University

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Cynthia A. Hoffner is an author at Georgia State University specializing in social sciences, psychology, and arts.

Top concepts

Social SciencesArtsPsychologyCommunicationMedia StudiesSocial PsychologyBehavioral ScienceTelevisionChild PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology

Publications per year

1985–2020

48

Publications

48

Young Adults' Wishful Identification With Television Characters: The Role of Perceived Similarity and Character Attributes

Cynthia A. Hoffner, Martha Buchanan · Media Psychology · 2005 · 634 citations

Young Adults, Social Psychology, Social Categorization +19

Children's wishful identification and parasocial interaction with favorite television characters

Cynthia A. Hoffner · Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media · 1996 · 510 citations

Social Psychology, Individual Differences, Education +21

Parasocial Interaction With Liked, Neutral, and Disliked Characters on a Popular TV Series

Tian Qing, Cynthia A. Hoffner · Mass Communication & Society · 2010 · 223 citations

Social Psychology, Social Influence, Communication +19

Enjoyment of Mediated Fright and Violence: A Meta-Analysis

Cynthia A. Hoffner, Kenneth J. Levine · Media Psychology · 2005 · 191 citations

Affective Design, Affective Variable, Social Psychology +20

Perceiving and responding to mass media characters.

Cynthia A. Hoffner, Joanne Cantor · 1991 · 186 citations

Communication Study, Media Characters, Communication +5

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