Parasocial Relationships One Tree Hill

At the beginning of the semester we talked about Parasocial Relationships and the first thing that came to my mind was One Tree Hill! This is one of my all-time favorite television shows and I was so sad when the last season aired on television. I will get this out there that there are a total of 9 seasons and I own every one of them and have watched all the seasons multiple times. I became so engrossed in the show that I talked about the main characters as if I really knew them in real life. I had a boyfriend in high school who was watching this television show for the first time and he was explaining a scene to me. Once I heard what he was saying I automatically knew he was talking about and I said “Oh that sounds like Brooke.” All I remember him doing was laughing saying oh my gosh you act you act like you guys are best friends and you know them. Which is true a part of me felt like I was friends with each one of the characters and I felt like I had some kind of connection with each of them. I believe that many people have para-social relationships with television shows, to even celebrities. Having a connection like Twitter keeps me connected to my television show and also the seasons that I own where I can always watch them no matter what. I believe that people get so engrossed with a para-social things that when it is gone they feel like they have lost something special and that’s exactly what I felt when One Tree Hill was over.