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Parasocial Interaction

 Parasocial Interaction is a psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their encounters with mass media, Viewers or listeners come to consider media personalities as friends, despite having no or limited interactions with them. for example if you feel like you're one of the gang while watching the characters from Friends spend time together at the Central Perk.

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