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When Grown-Ups Have Imaginary Friends
“Parasocial relationships” explain why you think influencers are your pals.
Credit.Anja Slibar
May 5, 2021, 6:30 a.m. ET
This weekend I had multiple text threads going about Hannah’s issues with her housemates, and whether she was in the wrong in her fights with Amanda, Luke and Kyle. These are not friends of mine; these are people who appear on the Bravo TV show “Summer House,” whose drama I am embarrassingly invested in, and whose psychological motivations I spend time dissecting with friends and co-workers.
The kind of one-way friendship I have with these reality stars has a name in the sociology world: It’s called a “parasocial relationship,” which is an emotional relationship with a media figure. The term was coined in the 1950s by two sociologists who observed that dominant mass media at the time, TV and radio created the illusion of a friendship between spectator and performer, and “the most remote and illustriou
Sauga City Music Fest Announces Virtual 2021 Conference
This year s festivities include keynote speeches on mental health and for-profit livestreaming, as well as panels on diversity, digital strategy and more
This year s festivities will include timely panels like
Author of
Twitch for Musicians Second Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Producing a Livestream, Growing Audience, and Making Money as a Musician on Twitch, Karen Allen, will serve as the conference s first keynote speaker, delivering her presentation,
In addition to Allen s appearance, Alex Kresovich, Roy H. Park Doctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, will deliver his keynote speech titled
Alex Kresovich, a UNC doctoral student, observes the link between adolescents' perceptions of mental health topics in music. Kresovich believes popular artists can be powerful role models and spread mental health awareness.
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