Normalising Fan Parasociality within Pathologising Traces

The past decade has seen an influx of academic work on and popular usage of the term ‘parasocial’, but this work largely theorises fans rather than listens to them. This paper corrects that. Drawing on 16 focus groups with fans of Harry Styles, I explore fans’ understanding and appropriation of the...

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Main Author: Ava Bucy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Deakin University 2025-01-01
Series:Persona Studies
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Online Access:https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/article/view/2075
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