parasocial relationships

• a parasocial relationship is an undirectional, imaginary relationship between a media user and media personality,
• stages of parasocial relationships- entertainment-social= meaning celebrity is a source of gossip/entertainment, intense-personal= intensive/compulsive feelings towards a celebrity, borderline-pathological= uncontrollable behaviours/fantasies
• the word 'stan' refers to an extremely or excessively enthusiastic and devoted fan and stalker-