A mechanism or tactic · 1995 · Marketing
The brand that has a personality
Corporations given a voice, a face, a founder narrative, and a tone, so that a customer relationship has a subject.
The final move of the parasocial relationship into commerce: the thing you have feelings about is a legal person. Brands now do this deliberately and in the open, and it is the completion of a process that started with a singer.
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