I love this perspective but do you think there is a place for both but perhaps not in the same human?
Do we want the “non-famous” human connection and also the “famous” slightly more disconnected celebrity relationship? I think ‘yes’ because that disconnected relationship helps us to distinguish between what’s real and what’s not.
Both types of para-social relationships (connections) give us an emotional payoff, it’s just that one feels real, like the human is actually in your life and one is obviously distant (and makes you less prone to grieving their evolution).
Hi Lauren, thanks for reading the post and for your reply. I completely agree with you, there’s definitely a place for both. I think it’s the evolution that distinguishes them. For example, if I meet a celebrity, I view them differently than if I met them as an ‘unknown’ who evolved into fame. Thanks for subscribing Lauren, it makes it all worthwhile.
Irene i've always just put this down to the Generation X obsession with being the original "in the know" hipsters - despising "fame" and "selling out" - i loved the band when they played in my local pub - but now they are sell outs and are touring with - insert commercial sell out here - anyway that's how i always understood it....
I love this perspective but do you think there is a place for both but perhaps not in the same human?
Do we want the “non-famous” human connection and also the “famous” slightly more disconnected celebrity relationship? I think ‘yes’ because that disconnected relationship helps us to distinguish between what’s real and what’s not.
Both types of para-social relationships (connections) give us an emotional payoff, it’s just that one feels real, like the human is actually in your life and one is obviously distant (and makes you less prone to grieving their evolution).
Hi Lauren, thanks for reading the post and for your reply. I completely agree with you, there’s definitely a place for both. I think it’s the evolution that distinguishes them. For example, if I meet a celebrity, I view them differently than if I met them as an ‘unknown’ who evolved into fame. Thanks for subscribing Lauren, it makes it all worthwhile.
Irene i've always just put this down to the Generation X obsession with being the original "in the know" hipsters - despising "fame" and "selling out" - i loved the band when they played in my local pub - but now they are sell outs and are touring with - insert commercial sell out here - anyway that's how i always understood it....