Cancel culture is interpersonal, not parasocial. It has nothing to do with celebrities.
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Parasocial
Synonyms for "parasocial"
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a parasocial relationship
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Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl coined the term parasocial interaction in 1956 to describe the imaginary interactions between the audience and TV variety show hosts, noting the “seeming face-to-face relationship” that viewers developed […]
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In the past, parasocial relationships occurred predominantly with television or film celebrities, but now these […] celebrities openly share their opinions and activities through various social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook.
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