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One aspect of the parasocial style in American politics is a fixation on heroes and villains. The former are taken as both our best friends and invincible, infallible giants. The latter are made out to be shadowy adversaries in league with the devil himself. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-parasoci...
The Parasocial Style in American Politics, Part 2: Witch Hunts and Comfort BlanketsAs during witch hunts, social media enables a process of rendering people into totemic figures in a war between Good and Evil.www.liberalcurrents.com