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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Tubefilter: Is paying for private security just another cost of being a female streamer?. “Obviously we’re not saying male content creators have zero need for security, or that they never face threats of their own. More than a few male content creators have been swatted, and some have also had their homes broken into. But Emiru, Cinna, and Valkyrae’s incident especially highlights how […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/23/tubefilter-is-paying-for-private-security-just-another-cost-of-being-a-female-streamer/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/23/tubefilter-is-paying-for-private-security-just-another-cost-of-being-a-female-streamer/</a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>The latest obsession for celebrity fans is the romance between actor Callum Turner and singer Dua Lipa. It's just the latest example of a so-called parasocial relationship, where fans feel like they genuinely know celebrities, leading to feelings of ownership, protectiveness, and sometimes disappointment if a romance ends or a star does or says something "wrong." Here's a story from Stylecaster examining the phenomenon. But we want to know, do you think this is really a fresh phenomenon, or is it just regular old fandom and celeb culture with a swanky new name.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/qt-C3T" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/qt-C3T</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebrity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PopPsychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopPsychology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ParasocialRelationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParasocialRelationships</span></a></p>
Kate Stewart<p>I've created an aoir.social account, so here's my <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> post! 
I'm a Ph.D Candidate at the University of South Carolina &amp; Assistant Professor of Public Relations at Jacksonville State University.</p><p>I am in the process of wrapping up my <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/dissertation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissertation</span></a> which is studying influencers through the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/publicrelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicrelations</span></a> lens to better understand <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/audienceperception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audienceperception</span></a> and <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/parasocialrelationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasocialrelationships</span></a>. </p><p>I am a 2x grad from Auburn University <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/WarEagle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarEagle</span></a> and love to research &amp; teach all things <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a>.</p>