Star Image theories - Richard Dyer

Richard Dyer says that there are a range of star to audience relationships:

1) Emotional affinity - The most common relationship (and the most healthy), the audience has a lose attachment to the artist.

2) Self Identification - This is when the person puts themselves in the same situation as themselves because they love this artist so much which is much more common than expected.

3) Imitation - This is the most common amongst the youth of our culture, they see the artist as an idol, someone to look up to.

4) Projection - This is when imitation is taken to the extreme, the artist has actually desensitized the audience and they lose touch with reality (very rare)