Critical Thinking About Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media : Media Literacy Applications

, by Galician, Mary-Lou; Merskin, Debra L.

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ISBN: 9781410614667 | 1410614662
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Copyright: 11/30/2006

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Critical Thinking About Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media investigates how romantic coupleship is represented in books, magazines, popular music, movies, television, and the Internet within entertainment, advertising, and news/information.

Preface
"Dis-illusioning" as Discovery: The Research Basis and Media Literacy Applications
Mass Media Love Quiz©
Prescriptions©
Cyberdating Success Stories and the Mythic Narrative of "Living Happily-Ever-After With The One".O
Werder,Brewing Romance: The Romantic Fantasy Theme of the Taster's Choice "Couple" Advertising Campaign
Promoting Easy Sex Without Genuine Intimacy:MaximandCosmopolitanCover Lines and Cover Images
What's Love Got to Do With It?ModeReaders Expose and Perpetuate Mediated Myths of Romance
Write Romance: Zora Neale Hurston's Love Prescription inTheir Eyes Were Watching
Bramlett-Solomon,Interracial Love on Television: What's Taboo Still and What's Not
Reyes,Jennifer Lopez and a Hollywood Latina Romance Film: Mythic Motifs inMaid in Manhattan
Myths of Sex, Love, and Romance of Older Women inGolden Girls
"Love Will Steer the Stars" and Other Improbable Feats: Media Myths in Popular Love Songs
Trust,Power, Romance, and the "Lone Male Hero": Deciphering the Double Standard inThe Da Vinci Code
Gender Equity Stereotypes or Prescriptions? Subtexts of the Stairway Scenes in the Romantic Films
Taming Brian: Sex, Love, and Romance inQueeras
Ocaña,Myths of Romantic Conflict in the Television Situation Comedy
'Til Politics Do Us Part: The Political Romance in Hollywood Cinema
"Five Total Strangers, With Nothing in Common": Using Galician's Seven-StepDis-illusioning Directions to Think Critically AboutThe Breakfast
Hutchins,Cue the Lights and Music: How Cinematic Devices Contribute to the Perpetuation of Romantic Myths in Baz Luhrmann'sMoulin
Carpe Diem: Relational Scripts and "Seizing the Day" in the Hollywood Romantic Comedy
Gangster of Love? Tony Soprano's Assault on Romantic Myths
Remakes to Remember: Romantic Myths in Remade Films and Their Original Counterparts
Completion "Must Marry TV": The Role of the Heterosexual Imaginary inThe Bachelor
"Real" Love Myths and Magnified Media Effects ofThe Bachelorette
The "Reality" of Reality Television Wedding Programs
Unrealistic Portrayals of Sex, Love, and Romance in Popular Wedding Films
The Agony or the Ecstacy? Perceptions of Valentine's Day
Resource Guide to Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media
Some Additional Publications, Films, Television Shows, Songs, and Web Sites
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