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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(R) 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. 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.
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Title: Galician, Mary-Lou. Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media: Analysis and Criticism of Unrealistic Portrayals and Their Influence.(Book review)
Author: Louis Bosshart
Publication:Communication Research Trends (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 26 Issue: 3 Page: 21(2)

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This digital document is an article from Northern Ontario Business, published by Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. on July 1, 1990. The length of the article is 1156 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pulp, paper producers plead for time to reduce pollutants: federal deadline 'unrealistic'.
Author: Paul Bickford
Publication:Northern Ontario Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1990
Publisher: Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc.
Volume: v10 Issue: n10 Page: p1(2)

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This digital document is an article from Validation Times, published by Washington Information Source on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1285 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Unrealistic risk management, vague terms plague FDA's aseptic processing paper, industry says. (Aseptic processing).
Author: Paula Miller
Publication:Validation Times (Newsletter)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: Washington Information Source
Volume: 4 Issue: 12 Page: 1

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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on May 31, 2004. The length of the article is 577 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Employers face new challenges in the face of unrealistic expectations and lack of planning.(Investment Strategies)
Publication:Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 31, 2004
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 43 Issue: 22 Page: 16(1)

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on March 9, 2003. The length of the article is 1605 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: No cuts, no taxes, no way?(Government)(Some say Salem's focus on modest revenue options may be unrealistic)
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: March 9, 2003
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: A1

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on November 26, 2001. The length of the article is 398 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lift Amtrak's deadline.(Editorials)(Self-sufficiency for passenger rail unrealistic)(Editorial)
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: November 26, 2001
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: A8

Article Type: Editorial

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