Media-generated intimacy from mass broadcast media is artificial and one-way

Evidence

To understand these mediated forms of intimacy better, Rojek19 differentiates between “first order intimacy” where feelings of closeness are cultivated through direct meetings and first-hand experiences, and “second order intimacy” where feelings of closeness are artificially stimulated by techniques of the mass media. However, these celebrity–audience relations have changed drastically in the age of digital media. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 75

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Rojek’s first-order versus second-order intimacy distinction, foundational for thinking about how influencer parasocial relations differ from broadcast-era celebrity relations.
• XREF: Relates to Thornton’s subcultural capital and Horton & Wohl’s parasocial interaction concepts in celebrity/media studies. — connects to: Audiences form one-sided intimate bonds with media personalities called parasocial relations — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 74; Media audiences form one-sided intimate relationships with performers — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 74; TV talk shows deliberately engineer an illusion of intimacy with audiences — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 774 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Media audiences form one-sided intimate relationships with performers #corroborates (0.95) — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 74
• Television creates a false intimacy that substitutes for real community engagement #corroborates (0.92) — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 837
• TV talk shows deliberately engineer an illusion of intimacy with audiences #exemplifies (0.90) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 774
• Micro-celebrity extends para-social interaction from one-way media to direct networked response #expands (0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 281
• Influencer intimacy is manufactured closeness produced by capital subsuming sociality #qualifies (0.80) — Grant Bollmer, Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory, 141