A mechanism or tactic · 1960 · Politics
The political parasocial
Support for a politician structured as a personal bond rather than a policy preference, in a way that transfers poorly across candidates.
The oldest public parasocial bond is the sovereign, and it is the one the field has consistently declined to study. A stadium and a parliament are the same room with different seating plans.
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