We all have our favorite tv show. That one where we have our favorite characters -- the complex ones, the funny ones, the ones we feel … like we’re friends with? That feeling is what’s called a parasocial relationship in scientific literature. Of course, we’re not friends with our favorite fictional characters; they aren’t real. By definition, parasocial relationships are one-sided, with one party putting in all the effort and the other party remaining unaware of the other’s existence (Bennet...
