Mеdiа Mаtrix: Sеxing thе Nеw Rеаlity
Publisher: Αllеn & Unwin Αcаdеmic
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $24.95
This critique explores the effect of today’s global media on contemporary ideas and experiences of sex, screen, identity, and representation from Sex and the City to discussions of sexuality and the self, from Breillat’s film Romance to Harlequin romances, from reality TV to cyber porn, and from celebrity to censorship. The changes brought about by new forms of representation and reality are explored, and the media’s ambiguous relationship to radical change in the way sexuality appears on screen is questioned. Such questions as Has reality TV affected the way viewers think ab...