Mentions (6)
"Sorry, but you cannot enjoy millions in endorsements and record sales and countless perks without people developing a parasocial relationship with you. That is how you obtain your celebrity. It goes hand in hand."
"Kurt Cobain's fanbase is one of the earliest 'parasocial relationship' examples I know of, and way before the internet was widespread."
"Why have we cultivated this whole ecosystem of personas and inauthentic casualness? For celebrities and for internet celebrities. And we're all expected to pick our favourites and keep up to date with their """life""" and buy their merch and so on? And then some crazy fan incident happens and everyo"
"Podcasts and podcasters being as popular as they are is very bleak. Comedy, true crime, lifestyle...you name it. They all have fans who have these weird, parasocial relationships with them. None of them seem to be that talented."
"Read the article and frankly framing your idea of a relationship based on social media content you consume and feeling like a boyfriend doesn't fit the for-you-ified nature of individualized society is bleak as hell. It feels like the flip side of a famous woman losing fans if they reveal a boyfrien"
"I genuinely cannot do anything without having a podcast or video on. I literally think a&d and the cumboys and twitch streamers are my real friends. They certainly take up more brain real estate."