PARASOCIALIZE

A term or concept · 2000 · Korean fandom

Sasaeng culture

Organised, commercialised intrusion: tracking schedules, buying flight details, intercepting travel, surveilling buildings.

Manipulation

Attachment scaled past the point where it is a private feeling and became an industry with staff and infrastructure. The escalation is not emotional, it is logistical - which is why it emerged as fandom became globally coordinated.

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