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Here is a provocative book that examines precisely how and why mass
communication has an impact upon the sexual realities of our lives.
Written in response to a demand for information that cuts across
many of the boundaries found in more traditional books on sexuality
and mass communication, Gay People, Sex, and the Media covers a
broad range of sexual identity, socialization, and mass
communication issues and represents a variety of theoretical and
methodological orientations. Although the chapters are diverse,
they all focus on how the mass media--television, radio, films,
newspapers, magazines, and recorded music--contribute significantly
to the very definitions we form of ourselves and of each other. In
part, this informative volume discusses and analyzes several
concerns regarding minority perspectives in the context of the the
study of mass media content and effects; analyzes mediated
information about AIDS and highlights the responsibility of the
mass media to disseminate more accurate information; addresses the
relationships between mass media content (primarily television) and
sexual socialization; explores issues confronted by individuals
whose sexual orientations are generally perceived as falling out of
the mainstream; and provides a selective bibliography of print,
aural, and visual resources on gay men, lesbians, and the mass
media. Unique in contrast to other books of research on human
sexuality and mass communication, Gay People, Sex, and the Media
gives more than a passing reference to issues concerning sexual
identity and gay and lesbian concerns. Scholars and students of
human sexuality, especially those who wish to explore their field
from a communications perspective, will find this to be a valuable
book. It is also useful to communications researchers and teachers,
particularly those studying mediated communications in society,
media ethics, and sex and the media. Finally, for professionals
involved in creating or monitoring media content or forging public
policy and community action programs in response to these issues,
this volume serves as an essential sourcebook.
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