Unseen Unknown

12: Celebrity Culture, Platform Brands and Parasocial Relationships


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The nature of celebrity culture has changed in recent years, most notably with the rise of the influencer brand. But why is this happening now, and how have our digital tribes changed because of it? We speak with Cameo co-founder Steven Galanis about how he built a platform that has taken celebrity-fan culture to new levels of access, and sociologist and author Chris Rojek about the parasocial relationships and ‘presumed intimacy’ that is outpacing other forms of relationship in our lives.
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Unseen UnknownBy Jasmine Bina, Jean-Louis Rawlence

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