Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
Analysis and Criticism of Unrealistic Portrayals and Their Influence
Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
Reihe: Routledge Communication Series
ISBN: 978-1-138-83390-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This accessible yet research-based text offers both foundational theories and practical applications of analysis and criticism of mass media portrayals of sex, love, and romance in a wide variety of mass media, from entertainment to advertising to news. The multidisciplinary methodological perspective comes out of a media literacy approach and embraces a variety of traditions along the quantitative-qualitative continuum. Focused on portrayals of male-female coupleship, the book is centered around the 12 major myths and stereotypes of Galician's Dr. FUN!'s Mass Media Love Quiz©, each of which has a corresponding Dr. Galician Prescription® that encapsulates healthy strategies--rarely found in the mass media--to counteract that myth or stereotype. Readers learn how to identify, illustrate, deconstruct, evaluate, and reframe the mass media's mythic and stereotypic portrayals of sex, love, and romance. They also learn how to use their own formal critical evaluations to clarify their own values and--as media consumers or mass communication creators--to share their insights with others. Thus, the learning objectives encompass all three major educational domains: cognitive, affective, and behavioral.
Part I of this book covers the five foundations:
*myths and stereotypes of love and coupleship;
*models of realistic and constructive love and coupleship;
*mass media storytelling approaches, techniques, and devices;
*research and theories of mass media effects; and
*strategies and skills of media literacy.
Part II is devoted to exploring the myths and stereotypes identified in the Quiz. Following several brief case studies and a summary of related research and commentary, each chapter focuses on analyses and criticisms of portrayals of sex, love, and romance in the content of news and advertising, as well as entertainment using Galician's Seven-Step Dis-illusioning Directions. Each chapter concludes with a "Dis-illusion Digest."
While critical of unrealistic portrayals and the damage they can cause unsuspecting media consumers, Galician--a media literacy advocate--is not anti-media. Rather, her goal is to empower consumers to use these portrayals with more awareness of their possible consequences, to resist adopting them as models for actual behavior, and to consciously reframe them into more realistic, productive scenarios. This unique text is an engaging classroom resource for media literacy, media and relationships, and media and society coursework.
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Weitere Infos & Material
DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ©
ABOUT YOUR ANSWERS
ABOUT YOUR AUTHOR
PREFACE
WHAT’S NEW IN THIS EDITION?
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I
Foundations of Analysis & Criticism
of Sex, Love, & Romance in the Mass Media
CHAPTER 1. KEY FOUNDATIONAL TERMS & CONCEPTS
What Do They Mean?
CHAPTER 2. ILLUSIONS (UNREALISTIC MODELS)
Myths & Stereotypes of Sex, Love, & Romance that Ruin Real-life Real-life Relationships
CHAPTER 3. DIS-ILLUSIONS (REALISTIC MODELS)
Prescriptions (Rxs) for Happier & Healthier Sex, Love, and Romance
CHAPTER 4. MASS MEDIA NARRATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
Mass Media Storytelling Approaches, Techniques, & Devices
CHAPTER 5. THE INFLUENCE OF THE MASS MEDIA
Research & Theories of Mass Media Effects on Individuals & Society
CHAPTER 6. STRATEGIES & SKILLS OF MEDIA LITERACY
Tools for Media Analysis & Criticism
PART II
Applications of Analysis & Criticism
of Sex, Love, & Romance in the Mass Media
CHAPTER 7. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #1
CHAPTER 8. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #2
CHAPTER 9. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #3
CHAPTER 10. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #4
CHAPTER 11. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #5
CHAPTER 12. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #6
CHAPTER 13. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #7
CHAPTER 14. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #8
CHAPTER 15. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #9
CHAPTER 16. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #10
CHAPTER 17. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #11
CHAPTER 18. DR. FUN’S MASS MEDIA LOVE QUIZ MYTH #12
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
