Comments on: Reality TV and Parasocial Bonding http://www.devangoldstein.com/226/reality-tv-and-parasocial-bonding/ It's Devan Goldstein Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: devan http://www.devangoldstein.com/226/reality-tv-and-parasocial-bonding/comment-page-1/#comment-4763 devan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:17:37 +0000 http://www.devangoldstein.com/?p=226#comment-4763 Thanks for your comment, Jess. I appreciate it not only as the author of his post, but as someone who's been in plenty of perfectly healthy parasocial relationships over the years. Why must my enjoyment of reality TV be pathological? (Seriously, though—it is. Just not in a voyeuristic way.) Thanks for your comment, Jess. I appreciate it not only as the author of his post, but as someone who’s been in plenty of perfectly healthy parasocial relationships over the years. Why must my enjoyment of reality TV be pathological?

(Seriously, though—it is. Just not in a voyeuristic way.)

]]> By: jesspgh http://www.devangoldstein.com/226/reality-tv-and-parasocial-bonding/comment-page-1/#comment-4762 jesspgh Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:01:48 +0000 http://www.devangoldstein.com/?p=226#comment-4762 I really enjoy your comment and agree that the power of parasocialization and the ability that audiences have (via both viral and virtual venues in which) to socialize and interact with others about these reality television texts are really what draw in many lonely viewers. It's insulting to reduce fan cultures that develop around reality shows to schadenfreude-hungry voyeurs. I really enjoy your comment and agree that the power of parasocialization and the ability that audiences have (via both viral and virtual venues in which) to socialize and interact with others about these reality television texts are really what draw in many lonely viewers.

It’s insulting to reduce fan cultures that develop around reality shows to schadenfreude-hungry voyeurs.

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