levels of parasocial relationships

• entertainment social


  celebrities discussed with friends and family
• intense personal


  characterised by obsessive thoughts and emotions, feeling that the relationship is real in some way
• borderline pathological


  extreme uncontrollable behaviours for celebrity
• absorption


  intense involvement in finding information about the personal life and career of celebrity, attempt to feel closer to them
• addiction


  behaviours escalate similar to drug addiction, becoming more extreme, may result in an attempt to contact or stalk celebrity