This was even weirder when it was common to have no capability to interact with the parasocial target at all--in the pre-Internet world--through TV, music, or m

This was even weirder when it was common to have no capability to interact with the parasocial target at all--in the pre-Internet world--through TV, music, or movies. Before then tabloids like Enquirer Magazine gave people the sordid details of celebrities personal lives, which I always found very strange to care about.