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Title
Intimacy at the Fan/Celebrity Interface
Description
Sites of in-person fan/celebrity meetings can serve as a place for fans to share intimate details about themselves to celebrities. Through built-up confidence and knowledge of the subject matter, fans may be compelled to share personal anecdotes with the celebrity during these meetings. Fan studies scholars use the term “parasociality” to describe one-sided relationships between fans and celebrities. My research aims to show how in-person events cultivate intimacy between fans and celebrities, even while simultaneously reinforcing parasocial relationships. It is often used when referring to the relationships as being one-sided, even though the fan also gains something from the interaction.
Date Created
2019-12
Contributors
- Galek, Veronica Lucya (Author)
- Ingram-Waters, Mary (Thesis director)
- Hsu, Emily (Committee member)
- Schultz, Miranda (Committee member)
- Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Comm (Contributor, Contributor)
- School of Social Transformation (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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Extent
36 pages
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Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Series
Academic Year 2019-2020
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.55182
Level of coding
minimal
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- 2019-11-25 11:00:02
System Modified
- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 2 years 9 months ago
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