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media influences on relationships  

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  • Through their stories, articles, and visual images, media convey cultural messages about relationships, including desirable relationship and relational partner qualities, relationship roles, likelihood of relationship success, and prescriptions for forming and maintaining relationships. This entry specifically addresses the effects of media on viewers' expectations for romantic relationships. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Media Influences on Relationships]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VK10P3RN-W

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