The Internet has provided new ways for people to initiate and maintain friendly and romantic relationships. Illustrate how you have used electronic media for relationship initiation and maintenance in your own life, discussing the advantages and disadvantages.

What will be an ideal response?

Answers will vary. Students might talk about how relationships begun or conducted primarily online could become hyperpersonal, or overly intense and intimate. Students who have used online dating platforms might mention that it’s nice to know that everyone on there is available and be able to get a sense for how a person expresses his or herself before initiating contact.

Communication & Mass Media

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Which of the following are accomplishments of the National Organization for Women (NOW)?

A) Advocacy for the prohibition of sex discrimination by federal contractors. B) The documentation of sexism in the media. C) Advocacy for the reformation of banking and credit practices that disadvantage women. D) All of the choices are correct.

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