How does media strengthen or weaken relationships with others?

Answer 1

Most of the influence of the mass media on interpersonal relationships is the powerful influence of advertising. Commercial messages influence how people feel about themselves and their image to others. Commercial messages influence what a person's expectations are about themselves, about others, about what their lives should be like. For most people, these expectations are usually unrealistic and for some, can be damaging to their self esteem which directly affects how they relate to others.

The other influence that mass media has on interpersonal relationships is for people who believe what the media tells them concerning political or social issues; people who take the messages as truth because they are delivered with conviction and base their own belief system on these messages without further investigation or wisdom. This makes it difficult for others to relate to them.

Answer 2

In my opinion, the media can definitely change your perception of intimacy, as well as alter your ability to be intimate. As the media displays false images of the human body and makes false descriptions of what humans desire sexually. There are too many subjects and issues to go on about here, but a small example of the two issues i mentioned before are in magazines the pictures of the models are airbrushed to display, what most call a "flawless" body and in movies and sitcoms the most desired people are medium height, and very slender and so on. Giving the receivers of this idea the false realization that's what you have to have to be sexually attractive. which would cause embarrassment of their own bodies or thinking some thing is wrong if they are attracted to some one that's 4 foot and heavy.Possibly leading them to involvement with someone they are not sexually attracted to and embarrassed to take their clothes off in front of. This is definitely, in my opinion, going to cause intimacy issues and is an excellent description of proof how mass media plays a role in shaping your meaning of intimacy.

Answer 3

Strengthen: Media gives you something to talk about. Different TV shows, different Video Games, or different sites on the computer you could talk about. You could cuddle up to a romantic partner while watching a movie, or laugh with your family while watching a comedy on TV.

Weaken: If you're a kid, your parents might get angry when do too much media, because it kills brain cells. Your girlfriend/boyfriend might get angry if all you do is sit on the couch playing video games all day.