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● aiThe dog-15000● historyThe story told again-800● historyPygmalion-600● aiThe congregation-200● aiThe priest100● theologyMargery Kempe1373–1448● theologyBinding1438● theologyThe Book of My First Showings1438○ literatureMiguel de Cervantes1547–1616● filmThe audience1600● literatureDon Quixote1605○ literatureJohann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832● literatureWerther1774○ literatureCharles Dickens1812–1870● literatureMiss Havisham1861● sportIdentification with a team1880● aiThe trading stamp1880○ historyThe comic strip1897○ filmAlfred Hitchcock1899–1980● sportThe coach1900● historyThe landlord1900● historyThe teacher1900○ sportThe transfer1900○ aiGreen Shield Stamps1912○ filmThe film serial1912● sportThe athlete and the city1920○ aiThe fan mail department1920● historyThe first fans1924○ historyRadio and the soap1930● television scriptedThe cliffhanger1930○ television scriptedThe soap opera1933○ historyThe first superhero1938○ filmThe protagonist is a parasocial object1939○ historyThe bobby-soxers1940● historyWishful thinking1940● filmGigi1943○ musicNick Drake1948–1974○ historyGazing at celebrities1950○ aiThe fan club1950○ television scriptedThe local news anchor1950● historyThe neighbour1950● aiThe retail clerk1950● aiThe Macy's counter1955○ historyElvis Presley1956○ historyParasocial interaction1956● filmVertigo1958○ historyThe manufactured teen idol1959○ historyThe political parasocial1960○ television scriptedThe sitcom family1960○ aiDionne Warwick and reciprocal fan mail1963○ aiDionne Warwick's fan mail1963○ historyBeatlesmania1964○ aiELIZA1966○ aiThe dialogue programs1966○ historyCharisma as a measurable asset1968● literatureCharacters move in1970● historyGrieving a person you never met1970○ aiSHRDLU1970○ gamesThe first convention1971○ television scriptedElvis, in a hologram, from Hawaii1973○ gamesConvention culture1976○ historyThe finding that the satisfaction is not in the show1976○ filmThe holiday special1978○ aiThe uncanny corridor of companionship1979○ historyThe finale study1980○ television scriptedThe season finale1980○ historyThe distance programme1981○ aiThe supermarket club1982○ television scriptedM*A*S*H1983○ historyLoneliness and local television news1985○ aiParasocial interaction disorder1985● aiThe counter sits between1985● historyIs it good for you?1990○ historyMourning a person you met1990○ gamesShipping1990● literatureThe comfort rewatch1990○ historyThe stalker statute1990○ aiThe stamp card1990● television scriptedThe NEST letter1991● television scriptedSaturday morning cartoons1993● television scriptedThe Power Rangers handover1993○ musicKurt Cobain1994○ gamesThe character death1994● aiClerks beat algorithms1995○ technologyThe brand that has a personality1995○ aiThe companion bot boom1995● aiThe loyalty counter1995○ gamesThe boy band1997○ television unscriptedWebcasting1997○ gamesThe anime import boom1998● technologyForum culture1999○ gamesSasaeng culture2000○ gamesThe sasaeng2000○ historyTransparasocial interaction2000○ gamesTransnational fandom2001○ technologySecond Life2003○ gamesThe reality celebrity2003○ musicMichael Jackson2004● technologyDoxxing the person, not the character2005● technologyFighting about a stranger in a reply section2005○ technologyThe character is not the person2005○ musicThe crowd injury2005○ technologyThe goodwill gesture2005○ television unscriptedYouTube launches2005● technologyThe phone becomes a person2007○ filmThe actor and the character2008● technologyThe pile-on2008○ television unscriptedThe Bieber effect2009○ technologyGrief merchandise2010○ technologyPaid intimacy2010○ historyThe attention economy2010○ technologyThe dark pattern in the loyalty card2010○ gamesThe lobby2010● historyThe quarterly audit2010○ aiThe recurring delivery2010● technologyWatching the replies2010○ technologyA mob is a parasocial event2011○ television unscriptedJustin.tv becomes Twitch2011● gamesNobody answered2011○ technologyThe assistant arrives2011○ gamesFandom wars2012○ gamesSwatting2013○ technologyGamergate2014○ television unscriptedParasocial research on creators begins2014○ musicThe podcast as an intimate medium2014● technologyLive chat, two-way2015○ technologyParasocial persuasion2015○ technologyThe failing endorsement2015○ technologyThe free trial2015● historyThe people who are supposed to be reachable2015○ technologyThe ratio2015● technologyThe subscription tier2015● historyWho holds the dream2015○ television scriptedPeak TV and the parasocial bargain2016○ musicPrince2016○ aiTay2016○ gamesThe K-pop intimacy economy2016○ technologyThe algorithm decides2016○ gamesThe stadium2016○ television unscriptedThe virtual creator2016○ technologyCancelling2017● aiReplika2017○ aiReplika2017○ aiThe Replika user2017● aiThe companion that talks back2017○ filmThe ensemble farewell2019○ television scriptedThe finale nobody wanted2019○ musicThe hashtag2019○ historyConsent in one-sided attachment2020○ historyEnvy, relief, and the two feelings at once2020● aiGrief as a product surface2020○ sportKobe Bryant2020○ television unscriptedThe doorstep2021○ aiCharacter.AI2022○ aiThe assistant with your whole life in it2022○ television unscriptedThe talent agency that is not an agency2022● aiKeeping what the update cannot take2023○ television scriptedThe finale that moved the schedule2023○ aiThe morning the update shipped2023○ gamesThe residency2023● aiThe same feeling, larger2023○ aiThe shutdown2023○ aiDigital orphans2024○ aiThe AI Age Act and companion rules2024● aiThe dead celebrity, generated2024○ aiThe lawsuits2024○ television unscriptedThe two-year ban2024○ historyThe year of the lawsuits2024○ television scriptedA glimpse mistaken for access2026○ technologyCreators barred from the industry conference2026○ television unscriptedThe creator joins the living room2026○ theologyMystical unionundated○ theologySt John the Baptist, Church of the Sepulchre, Cambridgeundated○ technologyThe archivistundated○ literatureThe one who writes backundated○ sportThe ultraundated