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Has the internet made us all worse at relationships, including the parasocial ones? We’ll talk about the celebrity attitude scale, which measures how intensely an audience member feels about a celebrity, how the internet has changed our media diets, and how online relationships are a blessing and a curse.

Editorial Support by Dr. Anna Funk: @itsdrfunk.bsky.social

Music written & performed by Chris Scott: @Chrispscott

And new music written & performed by August Hotel: @augusthotel

Cover art by Liz Hand: @__ellie

See full episode transcript at www.sadiewit.com

Resources from this episode:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160106-how-sherlock-holmes-changed-the-world

https://defector.com/chapell-roan-fan-privacy-drama?utm_source=mckinneykelsey&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-terror-of-the-mirror-a-2024-review

https://www.tiktok.com/@chappellroan/video/7404957266853645611?lang=en

https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Ft04928-000

http://www.jssshonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JSSSH_Vol.7_No.1_2021_66-75_Sr.-No.7.pdf

https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/g22118748/best-celebrity-liquors/

https://al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/jhsss/article/view/279

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgNPGH1rXI

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/gal-gadot-s-imagine-instagram-video-was-peak-cringe-year-ncna1261685

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/05/gal-gadot-imagine-video
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