Meaning of parasociality | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality or condition of being parasocial.
   uncountable
2. The exhibition of behaviour that is communal, quasisocial or semisocial.
   uncountable

Examples

“Much has been written about the perverse parasociality of fandom, the blurring line between public displays of devotion and invasions of privacy.”

“Podcasts, on the other hand, are built on parasociality: Michael Barbaro isn’t your friend, but, after making coffee with him in your ear a hundred times, you start to feel as if he were. And then there’s the world of always-on streaming, in which the temptations of parasociality are even more acute.)”

“The two commonalities of parasociality are the exhibition of parental investment and socialisation in a single cooperative dwelling (i.e., a nest).^([Wikipedia])”

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