Parasocial Relationships

The Fundamentalists by Elliott Morgan and Peter Rollins

Nov 5, 202354:09Society & Culture

Superfans, parasocial relationships, and the joys of projecting idealized imagos onto the blank spaces of celebrities. That's a Taylor Swift reference. Once this podcast gets its own army of superfans, it's over for y'al...

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