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Title Communication of love : mediatized intimacy from love letters to SMS : interdisciplinary and historical studies / Eva Lia Wyss, (ed.).

Publication Info. Bielefeld [Germany] : Transcript, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cultural and media studies
Cultural and media studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary "By the end of the twentieth century certain new media had established themselves which have profoundly changed communication among lovers. SMS and email in particular have created new relational forms and forms of intimacy. From declarations of love on talk shows to televised dating games and marriage quiz shows, television offers a panoply of wildly popular theatrical communications of love. Does the neglecting of traditional communication media, such as love letters and the telephone, cause the intermingling of intimacy with the public sphere and hence the abrogation of it? From the disciplines of sociology, history, cultural and media studies and linguistics, this book offers answers to this question by analyzing and discussing new media from various perspectives"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Love in mass media.
Love in mass media.
Interpersonal communication.
Interpersonal communication.
Love-letters.
Love-letters.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Wyss, Eva Lia, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Communication of love. Bielefeld : Transcript, [2014] 9783837624441 (OCoLC)897100285
ISBN 9783839424445 electronic book
3839424445 electronic book
9783837624441 (paperback)
3837624447 (paperback)