This book examines online dating from the inside, using in-depth interviews with dating website members to reveal--and keenly analyze--what relationships and romance in the 21st century are really like.
Author: John C. Bridges
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 9780313399510
Category: Computers
Page: 154
View: 372
This book examines online dating from the "inside," using in-depth interviews with dating website members to reveal—and keenly analyze—what relationships and romance in the 21st century are really like.
The poet doesn't have to go down this road; it feels so intimate, even though it's very much a public poem. I like that tension. 14. ... 114 [ What the Poem Requires: A Conversation Many of the poems The Illusion of Intimacy—Randall ...
Author: Randall Mann
Publisher: Diode Editions
ISBN: 9781939728302
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 156
View: 629
The Illusion of Intimacy: On Poetry brings Randall Mann’s characteristic wit, fearlessness, and attention to language, to twenty years of critical works, including reviews of early books by Laura Kasischke and Vijay Seshadri; essays on Shame, Money, and Forgetting; appreciations of Thom Gunn and John Ashbery; and two interviews. This incisive collection—a combination of criticism, close reading, autobiography, exuberance, and occasional irritation—offers a look into the mind of one of America’s finest formalists, revealing how the compression and vulnerability of the lyric draws us closer to, while asking us to resist, the limitations, freedoms, and intimacies of poetry.
Through her riveting account of four central relationships, Driskell-Griffie reveals the very nature of true intimacy and illustrates the distinct differences between the illusion of intimacy and the real thing.
Author: Brenda Griffie
Publisher:
ISBN: 0984292306
Category: Interpersonal relations
Page: 120
View: 213
Through her riveting account of four central relationships, Driskell-Griffie reveals the very nature of true intimacy and illustrates the distinct differences between the illusion of intimacy and the real thing.
In a section of his book entitled “ The Illusion of Intimacy , ” he argued : Because the audience projects itself and its wishes into what it hears and sees , the broadcast media can create the illusion that their performers or ...
Author: James Friedman
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813529891
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 336
View: 976
Reality-based television has come to play a major role in both production decisions and network strategy. This text examines the representation of reality within the televisual viewing frame, as well as the exponential growth of these programmes.
John C. Bridges, The Illusion of Intimacy: Problems in the World of Online Dating (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2012), 3. Willard Foxton, “Online Dating: How Devious Companies Make Money Out of Heartache,” The Telegraph, February 14, ...
Author: Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317581420
Category: Computers
Page: 258
View: 570
The focus of this book is on the media representations of the use of the Internet in seeking intimate connections—be it a committed relationship, a hook-up, or a community in which to dabble in fringe sexual practices. Popular culture (film, narrative television, the news media, and advertising) present two very distinct pictures of the use of the Internet as related to intimacy. From news reports about victims of online dating, to the presentation of the desperate and dateless, the perverts and the deviants, a distinct frame for the intimacy/Internet connection is negativity. In some examples however, a changing picture is emerging. The ubiquitousness of Internet use today has meant a slow increase in comparatively more positive representations of successful online romances in the news, resulting in more positive-spin advertising and a more even-handed presence of such liaisons in narrative television and film. Both the positive and the negative media representations are categorised and analysed in this book to explore what they reveal about the intersection of gender, sexuality, technology and the changing mores regarding intimacy.
As this video drew me in, I realized that this was just an illusion of intimacy. How many people had I gotten close enough to that I could see their eyelashes in real life? What was this illusion of intimacy doing to me and to all those ...
Author: Eric H. F. Law
Publisher: Chalice Press
ISBN: 9780827211339
Category: Religion
Page: 160
View: 952
Learn how to face your fears and and live into courageous and faithful action with Fear Not. Americans live in a culture of fear, whether we know it or care to admit it. Who will attack us next? Who will steal our jobs? Whose relationship undermines the sanctity of mine? In an era when manipulative messaging is unavoidable, politicians, media, marketers, and even faith leaders play on our fears and use them to win elections, gain attention, sell products, and influence the way you view those around you — all in the name of claiming power. Fear Not subverts insidious fear-based messaging with the creation of courageous communities committed to truth-telling, grace, hope, and love. Drawing on decades as a community-building and church growth leader for churches and nonprofit organizations, Eric H.F. Law shares practical resources and processes for bringing diverse people together to build authentic relationships and share their truth. Each chapter includes suggested activities and questions for discussion and tips for creating small discussion groups.
In effect, the sex addict creates an illusion that brings some fulfillment and definitely less relational pain—in the short ... The Habit of Rationalizing Behavior To create the illusion of intimate relationship, the addict begins to do ...
Author: Harry Schaumburg
Publisher: NavPress
ISBN: 9781641582360
Category: Religion
Page: 256
View: 899
With frank honesty, False Intimacy offers realistic direction to those whose lives or ministries have been impacted by sexual addiction while examining the roots behind these behaviors. This compelling book examines different aspects of sexual addiction, including shame, purity, and forgiveness, while exploring one’s true identity and God-given sexuality.
Harry and Meghan's Instagram followers may be able to like and comment on their posts, but again the illusion of intimacy runs one way. According to psychologists, as we grow closer ...
Author: Rob Brooks
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
ISBN: 9781742245249
Category: Science
Page: 304
View: 836
People have long told machines what to do by pushing buttons. Now, with advances in technology, machines are pushing our buttons. In Artificial Intimacy, evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks takes us from the origins of human behaviour to the latest in artificially intelligent technologies, providing a fresh and original view of the very near future of human relationships. Sex dollbots, digital lovers, virtual friends and algorithmic matchmakers help us manage our feelings in a world of cognitive overload. Apps can sense when a user is falling in love, when they are fighting, and when they are likely to break up. These machines, the ‘artificial intimacies’, already learn and exploit human social needs. They are getting better and faster at what they do. How will humanity’s future unfold when our ancient, evolved minds and old-fashioned cultures collide with twenty-first-century technology?
Bridges, JC (2012) The Illusion of Intimacy: Problems in the World of Online Dating. Praeger, Santa Barbara. Brodie, E (1981) '“Women in the middle” and family help to older people', Gerontologist vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 471–80.
Author: Raelene Wilding
Publisher: Macmillan International Higher Education
Intimacy—the exchange of thoughts, feelings, and actions in an atmosphere of openness and trust— is a profound expression of our identities and, when positive, leaves us in a euphoric state. Love addiction gives the illusion of intimacy ...
Author: Brenda Schaeffer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781592858361
Category: Self-Help
Page: 296
View: 147
A fresh, updated, and expanded edition of the book that changed the way we think about romance and intimacy. Many of us confuse longing and obsession with true love. Through two previous editions, Is It Love or Is It Addiction? has helped countless people find their way from the trials and confusion of addictive love to the fulfillment of whole and healthy relationships. As the author reveals, we can begin to work through relationship difficulties with compassion and lasting effect by increasing our awareness of the ways that we express love.In this expanded third edition, Brenda Schaeffer draws on years of feedback and new developments to foster an understanding of love addiction: what it is and what it is not, how to identify it, and, even more important, how to break free of it. Stories of real people struggling to develop sound relationships illustrate the characteristics of healthy love and help readers to free themselves to find real intimacy. Included is the most up-to-date information about the biological basis of addictive behaviors and the impact of technology on intimate relationships. The author also explores the influence of past abuse and trauma on the predisposition to love addiction.
Social media, for example, are fullofintimate moments shared forall tosee: scans ofunborn babies, admissions of love and ... This illusion of intimacy emphasizes the importance of feelings and works to draw the audiencesin: thus the ...
Author: J. Garde-Hansen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781137312877
Category: Social Science
Page: 236
View: 221
Travelling through theories of emotion and affect, this book addresses the key ways in which media studies can be brought to bear upon everyday encounters with online cultures and practices. The book takes stock of where we are emotionally with regard to the Internet in the context of other screen media.
Cargo ship captain Galin Odona is in desperate need of a contract.
Author: Yolande Kleinn
Publisher:
ISBN: 1946316164
Category:
Page:
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Cargo ship captain Galin Odona is in desperate need of a contract. When a lucrative opportunity comes his way, he invites Addison Valdez-smart, stubborn, and the only Human member of his crew-to join the negotiation.Anatoria Baell's contract is not precisely legal, and she has unconventional methods for choosing where to put her trust. Galin agrees to pose as a distant relation during a gathering at her private estate. The negotiation takes a complicated turn when Addison proclaims that Galin is not only his captain, but his mate. The hot-headed lie puts them in a tough spot, maintaining their charade for the duration.But Galin is a terrible liar. Even worse, he's been in love with Addison for years. Now, through tight quarters and an illusion of intimacy, he must win the contract without giving himself away. The task seems monumental, but Galin cannot afford to fail.
Each produces its own distorted illusion of intimacy: The borderline patient defines intimacy as a relationship with a partner who will take over responsibility and offer approval for regressive behavior.
Author: Jeffrey K. Zeig
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317736905
Category: Psychology
Page: 378
View: 308
A collection of papers from the third Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference. The Evolution Conferences are organized by The Milton H. Erickson Foundation. The Erickson Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization. First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Rojek suggests how, prior to the mass media, a form of 'pre-figurative' celebrity was circulated through state-sponsored sources, such as proclamations and decrees, which 'did not carry the illusion of intimacy .
Author: James Bennett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781136907487
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines
Page: 240
View: 356
Television Personalities offers an exciting, engaging approach to studying and understanding the most prominent and popular performers in television and celebrity culture. It is an original, indispensable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students of media, television and celebrity studies, as well as those interested in digital culture more widely.
The 'illusion of intimacy' (Schickel 2000), which is a central concern of film scholars' understanding of twentiethcentury stardom, then, has its earliest expression in the late eighteenth-century theatre and speaks of actresses' ...
Author: Milly Williamson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781509511433
Category: Social Science
Page: 216
View: 421
It is a truism to suggest that celebrity pervades all areas of life today. The growth and expansion of celebrity culture in recent years has been accompanied by an explosion of studies of the social function of celebrity and investigations into the fascination of specific celebrities. And yet fundamental questions about what the system of celebrity means for our society have yet to be resolved: Is celebrity a democratization of fame or a powerful hierarchy built on exclusion? Is celebrity created through public demand or is it manufactured? Is the growth of celebrity a harmful dumbing down of culture or an expansion of the public sphere? Why has celebrity come to have such prominence in today’s expanding media? Milly Williamson unpacks these questions for students and researchers alike, re-examining some of the accepted explanations for celebrity culture. The book questions assumptions about the inevitability of the growth of celebrity culture, instead explaining how environments were created in which celebrity output flourished. It provides a compelling new history of the development of celebrity (both long-term and recent) which highlights the relationship between the economic function of celebrity in various media and entertainment industries and its changing social meanings and patterns of consumption.
In relation and addition to this, The Nether comments on the illusion of intimacy when Papa repeatedly reminds Iris that the Hideaway is a business, hinting at the capitalist motives and discourses underlying various social media ...
Author: Seda Ilter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9781350031173
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 240
View: 168
This study explores the ways in which playtexts have evolved in relation to the sociocultural and cognitive conditions of a mediatized age, and how they, in form and content, respond to this environment and open up new critical possibilities in text and performance. The study combines theatre and media theory through the innovative concept of 'mediatized dramaturgy' and offers conceptual reflections on the ways in which a playtext negotiates the new reality of contemporary culture. The book scrutinizes the form of playtexts and works through the exchange between text and performance by exploring contemporary works such as Simon Stephens's Pornography, Caryl Churchill's Love and Information, and David Greig's The Yes/No Plays, and their selected productions. Offering a pioneering intervention that expands discussions about the mediatization of theatre, and new playwriting, Mediatized Dramaturgyproposes areas for discussion that appeal to researchers, audiences and practitioners with an interest in the sub-field of media and performance, and British and North American drama and theatre. Media technologies and their socio-cultural repercussions have increasingly influenced theatre, particularly since the ubiquitous prevalence of digital technologies from the 1990s onwards. Consequently, new modes such as digital and intermedial theatre have come to populate and transform the theatre practice and scholarship. In this changing theatrical landscape, what has happened to plays in the historically text-oriented British theatre? How has playtext changed in an age of theatre marked by mediatization and its possibilities?