A one-sided interpersonal relationship where an individual knows a lot about another person whilst the other person is unaware of their existence
levels of a parasocial relationship
Entertainment-social
Intense personal
Borderline pathological
Entertainment social: Level 1
Least intense level that most people who like a certain celeb are in
Intense personal: Level 2
intermediate level of celeb worship, includes obsession and intense feelings for a particular celeb
Borderline pathological
Strongest level of celeb worship, uncontrollable fantasies and extreme behaviour.
Absorption-addiction model
Absorption = looking for satisfaction in celeb worship, making a person focus intensively on parasocial relationships and achieving a sense of fulfilment motivates them to become more intensely attached to the celeb
Addiction = becoming addicted to the fulfilment they get from absorption
