Dr. Danielle Lindemann

all engaged in impression management. We're all performing. Anytime we're in a social situation, we're performing for others to some extent.

I mean, yeah, we're all social selves inextricably, right? And it's interesting because reality TV, oftentimes the people on the show are like, this is my authentic self or be authentic, be real, right? But there is no real authentic self divorced from our social contacts, right? From the moment we're born, we're being socialized.

I mean, yeah, we're all social selves inextricably, right? And it's interesting because reality TV, oftentimes the people on the show are like, this is my authentic self or be authentic, be real, right? But there is no real authentic self divorced from our social contacts, right? From the moment we're born, we're being socialized.

I mean, yeah, we're all social selves inextricably, right? And it's interesting because reality TV, oftentimes the people on the show are like, this is my authentic self or be authentic, be real, right? But there is no real authentic self divorced from our social contacts, right? From the moment we're born, we're being socialized.

So it's impossible to kind of extract some authentic self that's untouched by our socialization unless we're raised by wolves, which almost never happens.

So it's impossible to kind of extract some authentic self that's untouched by our socialization unless we're raised by wolves, which almost never happens.

So it's impossible to kind of extract some authentic self that's untouched by our socialization unless we're raised by wolves, which almost never happens.

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Oh, interesting. So the viewer... Okay. So I thought you were going to ask about the nuances of the people on the shows who say, I'm not here to make friends. But the viewer, that's interesting, is kind of there to make friends in a way. Yeah, yeah. Studies have shown this, right? That's part of our attachment to reality TV is that

Oh, interesting. So the viewer... Okay. So I thought you were going to ask about the nuances of the people on the shows who say, I'm not here to make friends. But the viewer, that's interesting, is kind of there to make friends in a way. Yeah, yeah. Studies have shown this, right? That's part of our attachment to reality TV is that

Oh, interesting. So the viewer... Okay. So I thought you were going to ask about the nuances of the people on the shows who say, I'm not here to make friends. But the viewer, that's interesting, is kind of there to make friends in a way. Yeah, yeah. Studies have shown this, right? That's part of our attachment to reality TV is that

And also, reality TV, as we've talked about with influencing, functions on multiple platforms simultaneously. So it's not just I'm going to watch Kim Kardashian on the show, but also I can tweet at Kim Kardashian, follow her Insta, and maybe she'll even comment on my comment. And I'll actually have that back and forth with her.

And also, reality TV, as we've talked about with influencing, functions on multiple platforms simultaneously. So it's not just I'm going to watch Kim Kardashian on the show, but also I can tweet at Kim Kardashian, follow her Insta, and maybe she'll even comment on my comment. And I'll actually have that back and forth with her.

And also, reality TV, as we've talked about with influencing, functions on multiple platforms simultaneously. So it's not just I'm going to watch Kim Kardashian on the show, but also I can tweet at Kim Kardashian, follow her Insta, and maybe she'll even comment on my comment. And I'll actually have that back and forth with her.

And then I can buy her beauty products and her clothes and her skims and play her video games. And so I can interact with her on these multiple dimensions simultaneously. Which is why these parasocial relationships are much more potent with reality TV personalities because

And then I can buy her beauty products and her clothes and her skims and play her video games. And so I can interact with her on these multiple dimensions simultaneously. Which is why these parasocial relationships are much more potent with reality TV personalities because

And then I can buy her beauty products and her clothes and her skims and play her video games. And so I can interact with her on these multiple dimensions simultaneously. Which is why these parasocial relationships are much more potent with reality TV personalities because

We are interacting with them as themselves versus, you know, I watch Sex and the City and I'm more of a Miranda than I am a Carrie. Who's a Carrie? I don't know. She's awful, right? But it's not like I'm feeling a, and so I can kind of feel a parasocial relationship with Miranda, but it's not like I can then like go off the show and interact with Miranda in various domains.