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Parasocial relationship? Celebrity obsession from the US, Korea, Europe and China

The Bridge to China

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Is the Celeb Obsession Parasocial Culture in China?

There are a lot of people who are obsessed with celebrities. In China, everybody jokingly calls any guy that is popular,. hot, good actor, good singer, there will be a group of women who just call them their husband and then the actual husbands of these women know that as well. It's kind of like calling every friend you have like Daga or like, yeah, kind of like bro, sister, but you're myhusband now.

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