Ever experienced feelings of grief when your favorite TV show comes to end? Or felt like you are actually part of the friendship group you watch on TV? If so, you may have been in a parasocial relationship. Best defined as a one-way relationship between a media user and a media persona, parasocial relationships can seem strange. However, they are more common than you might think, and they even have several potential benefits.
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