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Research Frontiers in Parasocial Relationships in Digital Fan Communities

Investigates how social media and streaming technologies enable intimate fan-artist connections that blur lines between parasocial and authentic relationships.

Algorithmic Intimacy: Parasocial Bonds in Algorithmic Curation

Collective Parasociality: Fan Communities as Affective Networks

Digital Presence and the Illusion of Artist Accessibility

Parasocial Parasites: Emotional Labor in Fan-Artist Economies

Fandom as Identity: Parasocial Attachment and Self-Construction

Temporal Collapse: Real-Time Parasocial Engagement and Liveness

Platform Dependency in Artist-Fan Parasocial Relationships

Parasocial Grief: Mourning and Digital Fan Communities

Aesthetic Intimacy: Music Discovery and Parasocial Connection

Rejection and Betrayal in Parasocial Fan-Celebrity Dynamics

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