parasocial relationships

• parasocial relationships are one sided where one member is heavily invested and the other has limited or no awareness of existence
• mostly common in celebrities and fans
• mccutcheon 2002


  thought that these relationships make up for deficits in real life relationships, provides sense of identity that may be missing
• mccutcheon 2002


  they can feel addictive, causing individual to develop through more and more intense stages