1. Provide an overview/summary of EACH assigned reading for the week. (3-5 sentences)
2. Write a concluding paragraph in which you:
a. Reflect over the material and discuss your overall impression of the reading.
b. Indicate what you found interesting, troubling, concerning, etc. and why.
c. Discuss how it impacts and or informs your thinking and understanding of sex, romance, sexuality, and the mass media.
d. You are encouraged to use clear and vivid examples, your own experiences, and or background to develop your thoughts and clarify your ideas.
You are required to reference the readings and other relevant sources to support your ideas.
(BELOW ARE THE 10 ASSIGNMENTS)
1. Hegemony James Lull
2. Isn’t It Romantic? Differential Associations Between Romantic Screen Media
3. Genres and Romantic Beliefs
4. Imagery in Advertising on Preference for Romantically Linked Products and Services When Sex and Romance Conflict: The Effect of Sexual
5. When Sex and Romance Conflict: The Effect of Sexual Imagery in Advertising on Preference for Romantically Linked Products and Services
6. Ideological Criticism
7. Representing young people’s sexuality in the ‘youth’ media
8. Breaking the chains: examining the endorsement of modern Jezebel images and racial-ethnic esteem among African American women
9. Romance, pornography and body politics
10. Shirley Jordan