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Reviewing the images and meanings of the mass-mediated world, Gabriel Weimann examines the symbolic environment, where reality and fiction are almost inseparable. Through discussion of mass-mediated images of people, cultures, war, love, sex, death, community, and identity, he demonstrates that there is often a large gap between reality and the reconstruction of "realities" as communicated by the mass media.
Sex and Sexuality
Sex and Sexuality
One of the most studied and documented areas of reconstructed realities by the mass media is that of the portrayal of the sexes and its impact on popular stereotypes of sex roles. Sex roles are an integral and important part of human life, values, and behavior. We learn the roles we exhibit from numerous sources—families, friends, teachers, books, movies, and, of course, television. The role of the media in sex role socialization has become an area of considerable concern and the topic of many studies during recent decades because of the women's movement, the convincing findings on bias and cultivation within this domain, and the emerging recognition that the media play a crucial role in diffusing, preserving, and cultivating images ...
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