>>40964665For any given size of streamer there are still reciprocal elements, regardless, one of the consistently shared traits among parasocial relationships generally, is a lack of response from the subject to communications, and an inability to have communication received by the subject in the first place. With celebrities, in this manner, we usually see clearly that communication (if any) is mediated.
It's arguable that non-mediated communication and a parasocial relationship are mutually exclusive.
I've seen the term trans-parasocial used (maybe inspired by the transmedia setting of streams in particular), and there's probably a few other terms for something similar, some from papers on the subject.
I think the article 10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100150 describes all the differences between parasocial and trans-parasocial relationships better than I can in a few words, and might also cover and describe the actual relationships themselves and the wider sociology of streaming. Not sure. I think pic related outlines the simplest differences though.
