Download or read book How Did Love Become A Reality Show? - The Destruction of Intimacy In a Culture Built On Image written by Peter Schmidt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're made for relationships of trust, but today's cultural insanities fuel suspicions and relational insecurities. We love the fun of our screens, but their images are poisoning our perceptions and loves in the real world. Using case studies from the author's counseling practice, combined with the latest media research, How Did Love Become A Reality Show? provides psychological and cultural keys to understand our social disintegration. What role does our environment of powerful brain stimulation by electronic screens play as it interacts with human vulnerabilities? How do we get back to reality? "It's analysis of the problems in marital (and other) relationships today is based on a truly profound Christian understanding of human psychology combined with a fascinating analysis of how our mass media culture exacerbates age-old problems, it's Paul Tournier meets Marshall McLuhan." Harold Fickett CEO of Scenes Media, LLC This book is a cultural and relationship survival guide for the 21st century.