Myth/Rx #6

Mass Communication 473 with Galician at Arizona State University - Tempe

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By: taylor jaime
Textbook:

Critical Thinking About Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media: Media Literacy Applications (LEA's Communication Series) (Lea's Communication Series)

Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media: Analysis and Criticism of Unrealistic Portrayals and Their Influence (LEA's Communication Series) (Lea's Communication Series)
Created: 2011-12-08
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• What is the “paranoid position”—and how does it relate to Myth #6 (as well as Myth #7, 8, and 9)?

being paranoid about something (their image)—guys are paranoid to not be taller, stronger, older, or more successful than the women (myth 6) or a woman is paranoid that she cant change a man from a “beast” to a “prince” (myth 7), or paranoid if the partner really loves you after tons of fighting (myth 8), or that you have different values.

What model of coupleship did Schwartz’s research find to be the happiest for both men and women?

Peer relationship because defining principle is deep friendship whereas traditional couples are idealization and hierarchy, which can destroy intimacy. What model of coupleship did Schwartz’s research find to be the happiest for both men and women?

Why do the media rarely present peer coupleship as the preferred reading?

Lacks tension and conflict that create drama.

Who held the most stereotypic views of male hegemony—Generation Xers or Baby Boomers?

Baby Boomers

How does Myth #6 suggest a “rescue theme”—and how is this theme related to Karpman’s Drama Triangle? What different kinds of rescue fantasies are there — and what other myth(s) depict(s) a rescue fantasy? What is the sub-text about power in these myths?

Women looking for knight and shining amour should ask them self what they think they need to be rescued from. Rescue fantasies are TOXIC for the rescuee and the rescuer. Karpman detailed the destructive rescue cycle.

How do news anchor and talk show host “couples” contribute to unrealistic expectations by normalizing a stereotype? (See also the Myth #6 “Dis-honorable Mention” citation in the 2003 Stupid Cupid Awards™ listing.)

Most co-hosts lack the “co”—resembling father-daughter duos (& related power embalances) and suggesting that women and men can’t be equal.

What does the “Politically Erect” TV episode from Sex in the City (discussed in the SLR textbook and shown in a classroom session) suggest about a norm for coupleship that is marginalizing but almost always promoted in the media?

The man has to be established and taller and stronger, the couple hits it off and sets up a date, but when he steps off the stool and is a lot shorter the woman appears to be disappointed and not interested

What is the thesis of the posted article Size: Does it Matter—and how does it relate to our study?

Size- height of men and woman

Why did Entrapment with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones win a 2003 Stupid Cupid Award™ for Myth #6? What does this kind of portrayal “normalize”? why is the countertype so rarely seen—and why does it seem to bother audiences far more than the Myth?

Because Sean Connery is old enough not only to be the father of his love interest, Catherine Zeta-Jones, but also her grandfather. While May-December pairings happen in the real world, it’s the cinematic norm.

Why did Something’s Gotta Give (the trailer of which was included in an online session) get the 2004 Stupid Cupid Award™ for Myth #6—even though it was praised by some critics because it featured a much-older-than-usual actress as the romantic lead?

While it’s great (and rare) to see a 57-year-old woman as a romantic lead, Diane Keaton is not the same age as Jack Nicholson, who is 9 years her senior – though the movie is promoted as if she were. And why does she choose this womanizing, Viagra-dependent, commitment-phobic character over the more stable and loyal (and attractive) Keanu Reeves, whom she dumps rather mercilessly the minute the older man re-appears? Oh, yes: The soul mate thing (see Myth No. 1).

Why did the best-selling book The DaVinci Code, which has been described as raising awareness of the role of women in religion, nevertheless win a 2005 Stupid Cupid Award™ for Myth #6 instead of a Realistic Romance® Award™ for Rx #6

Regardless of the women's knowledge of religion, she is still 'rescued' and the male lead is still the hero in the novel.

Why did The Thomas Crown Affair earn a textbook nomination for a 2003 Realistic Romance® Award™ for Rx #6 (which it won)? And what other long-running popular TV featured a married couple that was also unusual in exhibiting the healthy qualities of Rx #6, including peer coupleship?

Forty-something romantic partners Renee Russo and Pierce Brosnan are only one year apart — a rare Hollywood exception.
The TV show winner is Mad About You because they exhibit a healthy relationship and are evenly matched.

What’s refreshing about the SyFy channel’s “Alice” (included in an online session)—winner of the 2010 Realistic Romance® Award™ for Rx #6?

This Syfy channel 2-part miniseries “re-imagines” the Lewis Carroll classics with a 20-something Alice a modern, self-sufficient judo sensei who returns to a future Wonderland whose residents’ emotions are controlled by instant-fix drugs.This “Alice of Legend” teams up with resistance fighter and go-to guy Hatter to bring humanity back to reality, where the two strong but sensitive true partners begin a promising romance. It is the opposite of the fairytale.

What J.J. Abrams TV action-adventure-romance series won the 2011 Realistic Romance® Award™ for Rx #6—and what was its network fate (perhaps because it also demonstrated Rx #8)?

undercovers- cancelled

What models for Rx #6 can we derive from the research of Drs. Bem, Schwartz, and Jung

Peer relationships, androgynous individuals are healthier/more adaptable, “collective unconscious” we all have two sides.

About this deck

By: taylor jaime
Textbook:

Critical Thinking About Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media: Media Literacy Applications (LEA's Communication Series) (Lea's Communication Series)

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