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Almost Friends: The Truth About Parasocial Relationships, Rumors, and the People We Think We Know (The Parasocial Trilogy) - Softcover
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Almost Friends is the story of what happens when millions of people feel that close to someone who doesn’t know they exist — and what happens when one ambiguous moment, one gesture, one out-of-context clip, turns that closeness into a rumor nobody can stop.
Drawing on real, still-unfolding cases — including a viral couple’s rumor spiral playing out in real time — Waverly Finch traces the psychology of parasocial attachment from its 1950s origins to the algorithms now profiting from your certainty. Along the way: why your brain can’t tell the difference between a stranger and a friend, how internet sleuthing curdles into mob justice, and what it actually costs the people caught in the middle.
This isn’t a book about turning off your phone. It’s a book about noticing the gap between what you feel and what you actually know — and choosing curiosity over certainty when you fill it.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Almost Friends is the story of what happens when millions of people feel that close to someone who doesn't know they exist - and what happens when one ambiguous moment, one gesture, one out-of-context clip, turns that closeness into a rumor nobody can stop.Drawing on real, still-unfolding cases - including a viral couple's rumor spiral playing out in real time - Waverly Finch traces the psychology of parasocial attachment from its 1950s origins to the algorithms now profiting from your certainty. Along the way: why your brain can't tell the difference between a stranger and a friend, how internet sleuthing curdles into mob justice, and what it actually costs the people caught in the middle.This isn't a book about turning off your phone. It's a book about noticing the gap between what you feel and what you actually know - and choosing curiosity over certainty when you fill it. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798192927557
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