>>75169536Somewhat similar place to livestreams but still nowhere near as parasocial heavy, which is why they existed in the format they did(personality goliaths who can capture entire monolithic groups form a small group that control nearly all of the viewership while smaller examples were effectively nonexistent + an often heavy reliance on some sort of affiliation whether political, religious or otherwise in order to grasp more strongly onto their viewers parasocial sense of connection)
Talk shows are also shitty entertainment, nobody was ever even really debating this even when people still watched talk shows
Live streaming is much, much more parasocial though. Almost all of its appeal stems from aspects of parasocial relationships. In fact, oftentimes they aren't even really parasocial, just social, which of course makes it even more compelling.
