A mechanism or tactic · 1959 · First contact
The manufactured teen idol
A label, a songwriter and an image, assembled and launched. Not discovered - assembled.
The first documented case of a parasocial attachment being designed as a manufacturing process. The product is the bond, and it has a launch date.
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