Yes – a para-social relationship is, for example, people who go on Twitter and believe that Elon Musk is their friend, especially if he engages with them in a Tweet but even if he doesn’t. Or watches podcasts and talk about their favorite podcaster as if its a friend of theirs. They can’t see the reality of actual distance between themselves as AUDIENCE vs the BROADCASTER or celebrity. Online blurs the line, although this isn’t new to the internet. It makes the problem worse than when we were young and it was people getting too wrapped up in celebrities from magazines, etc.

Yes – a para-social relationship is, for example, people who go on Twitter and believe that Elon Musk is their friend, especially if he engages with them in a Tweet but even if he doesn’t.
Or watches podcasts and talk about their favorite podcaster as if its a friend of theirs.
They can’t see the reality of actual distance between themselves as AUDIENCE vs the BROADCASTER or celebrity.
Online blurs the line, although this isn’t new to the internet. It makes the problem worse than when we were young and it was people getting too wrapped up in celebrities from magazines, etc.

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