Media Literacy and Love

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Match the following authors to their works:

bell hooks = All About Love: New Visions Media, Society, Culture and You = Media Literacy and Media Studies Research Profiteering producers = Mystified visions Mass media = Messages about love

Match the following concepts to their descriptions:

Knowledge = An essential element of love Mystery = Often associated with love in media Erotic and transgressive edge = Associated with ignorance about love in media Genuine loving interaction = Lacking in media portrayals of love

Match the following entities to their actions:

People in movies = Fall into bed without discussing their bodies, needs, likes and dislikes Mass media = Delivers messages that ignorance makes love compelling Profiteering producers = Substitute mystified visions of love bell hooks = Writes about the art of loving

Match the following media types to their characteristics:

Movies = People are represented as being in love who never talk with one another Mass media = Sends messages that knowledge makes love less compelling Profiteering producers = Have no clue about the art of loving Media Literacy and Media Studies Research = Academic approach to media Signup and view all the answers

Match the following phrases to their meanings:

Knowledge makes love less compelling = Media message that understanding decreases attraction Ignorance gives love its erotic and transgressive edge = Media message that lack of understanding increases attraction Mystified visions = Confused or unclear views All About Love: New Visions = A book by bell hooks Signup and view all the answers