This preprint presents version 5.0 of the Parasocial Proxy Punishment Mode (PPPM) framework, a revision of v4.4 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21058037). v5.0 expands the boundary conditions between PPPM and adjacent phenomena to include the absence of direct attack encouragement (in addition to explicit delegation), and substantially broadens the differentiation from adjacent phenomena to include anti-fan activity, digital vigilantism, online shaming/cancel-culture dynamics, and political radicalization, alongside moral outrage and clinical/psychopathological explanations. The four-level parasocial identification heuristic and performer-side feedback dynamics are explicitly framed as supplementary scaffolding rather than independent theoretical contributions, consistent with the central desynchronization construct established in earlier versions. The observable-indicator framework (Section 13) is strengthened with explicit denominator justifications and a stated limitation regarding non-public-channel data. The framework's cultural framing has also been generalized: while developed with attention to VTuber and avatar-mediated performer cultures, the core theoretical claim—that supporters may reinterpret a performer's public de-escalation request as distinct from their privately inferred intention—is presented as a general interpretive pattern rather than a culturally bound one. This paper was produced with AI assistance; details are described in the manuscript. This manuscript has not yet been peer reviewed.
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