Thank you for writing like this because I had no idea about the term of an audience projecting the villian onto a real actor applies to parasocial projecting.
Only thought this applied to positive relationships. Never realised Malfoy’s actor and Joffry from GoT would cop flack publicly. Thanks for defining that clearly for this tired brain.
That is fascinating and something I see in children teaching. Some believe Mr. Beast will visit them or organise to come see them. Those are the parents who need the most interveiws and sit down talks. It’s a busy world in which we are almost as adults checking out and checking into blurring these lines between who is on screen and the character they portray. Everyday I see a new story around this theme and I wish we could do something to just script in at the start of YouTube Kids video ‘if you are under this age, I’m an actor and this isn’t who I’m really like’ or something to break the illusion up. I guess once they become adults they learn eventually but these relationships are so different and concentrated.
How do you manage that feeling of everybody seems to be involuntary (well I guess we agree to the ToS) involved in the worlds biggest social experiment? All the best!
You convinced me to stop ignoring spoilers and subscribe to finally start watching WL
🤣🤣🤣 do it!
I gave it time like a fine wine.
Amazing article / an entertaining reading.
Thank you for writing like this because I had no idea about the term of an audience projecting the villian onto a real actor applies to parasocial projecting.
Only thought this applied to positive relationships. Never realised Malfoy’s actor and Joffry from GoT would cop flack publicly. Thanks for defining that clearly for this tired brain.
That is fascinating and something I see in children teaching. Some believe Mr. Beast will visit them or organise to come see them. Those are the parents who need the most interveiws and sit down talks. It’s a busy world in which we are almost as adults checking out and checking into blurring these lines between who is on screen and the character they portray. Everyday I see a new story around this theme and I wish we could do something to just script in at the start of YouTube Kids video ‘if you are under this age, I’m an actor and this isn’t who I’m really like’ or something to break the illusion up. I guess once they become adults they learn eventually but these relationships are so different and concentrated.
How do you manage that feeling of everybody seems to be involuntary (well I guess we agree to the ToS) involved in the worlds biggest social experiment? All the best!
Ahh!! I love that you loved the parasocial projection part! I find it so intriguing yet under-explored. Appreciate you reading & leaving a comment :)