追星是好还是坏?Are Fandoms Good or Unhealthy Obsessions?

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互联网的不断发展为追星提供了更为便捷的方式,一群在现实互不认识的人可以因为喜欢同一个人而自觉结成一个圈子,也就是俗称的「饭圈」。但是在旁人看来,这可能是一件匪夷所思的事情。明明是一个未曾谋面的人,为什么会不计回报地付出呢?当我们追星时,我们在追什么?其背后又有着什么样的心理原因呢?

Fansshort for fanaticscan range from occasional TV show watchers, to football season ticket holders who show up to games in full facepaint.

When social psychologists talk about fans, they're usually talking about people who are active participants in the culture and community surrounding their subject of interest.

We become fans for a lot of different reasons.

But one big part of fandom is feeling a strong connection with your favorite characters, celebrities, and athletestheir struggles feel personal.

Some psychologists have been trying to understand why it feels so personal by studying how people respond to literature.

There's some evidence that when reading fiction, we "lose ourselves" in the character's experiencesa phenomenon called experience-taking.

In 2012, one small study had a group of college students read stories and share their thoughts about themselves, and the characters in the story.

Students who generally weren't as focused on their own internal thoughts and experiences seemed to more easily step into the main character's shoes, especially if it was a first person narrative.

This is related to something called theory of mind: the fact that you can recognize that you and I are two different people with our own motivations and goals.

There are two main parts to this idea: There's cognitive theory of mind, which is understanding someone else's intentions and knowledge, and affective theory of mind, which is understanding someone's emotional state, basically empathy.

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