# Invented Company
> People have been forming attachments to fictional characters for as long as stories have given them someone to follow.

## Entries
- [Serial Characters and Their Readers: From Dickens to Radio Drama](https://invented-company.pages.dev/serial-characters-readers-dickens-radio/): Serial storytelling made attachment to fictional characters a repeated activity: readers and listeners returned to familiar personalities, anticipated their.
- [The Tamagotchi Funeral: Virtual Pets and the Grammar of Care](https://invented-company.pages.dev/tamagotchi-funeral-digital-pet-care/): Tamagotchi made care for a fictional creature into a small, repeated responsibility.
- [Fan Fiction as Companion Practice: Writing Toward a Character](https://invented-company.pages.dev/fan-fiction-companion-practice/): Fan fiction allows readers to continue a relationship with fictional characters by writing new situations, conversations and possible futures for them.
- [Parasocial Relationships: The History Behind Horton and Wohl's 1956 Term](https://invented-company.pages.dev/parasocial-word-history-horton-wohl/): The term parasocial interaction was introduced by Donald Horton and R.
- [The Penpal Frame: How Epistolary Fiction Explains Chat Interfaces](https://invented-company.pages.dev/epistolary-fiction-chat-interfaces/): Epistolary fiction tells stories through letters, diaries and other forms of written communication.
- [Following Fictional Characters: From Serial Novels to the Follow Button](https://invented-company.pages.dev/following-fictional-characters-history/): Following a fictional character is an old cultural practice that predates television, social media and digital platforms.

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