Ambivalent relationship

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1. Does "ambivalent relationship" mean"having a shallow relationship and not being sure about continuing or not continuing the relationship"?

2. Does "were media-literate" mean "knew the media well"?

3. Does "many became increasingly cynical about the real possibility of maintaining an oppositional position" mean"many of those artists were not sure if they could continue their oppositional attitudes in the media"?

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As I have already noted in Chapter 2, several key artists of the 1980s expressed an ambivalent relationship with mass media such as film and photography. As Lisa Phillips has observed, they ‘were media-literate, both addicted to, and aware of the media’s agenda of celebrity making, violence mongering, and sensationalism’, so that ‘many became increasingly cynical about the real possibility of maintaining an oppositional position’

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catttt1. Does "ambivalent relationship" mean"having a shallow relationship and not being sure about continuing or not continuing the relationship"?

Not exactly. We call that a love/hate relationship. They feel attracted and repelled at the same time.

catttt2. Does "were media-literate" mean "knew the media well"?

Sort of. The were conversant with or adept at media machinations.

catttt3. Does "many became increasingly cynical about the real possibility of maintaining an oppositional position" mean"many of those artists were not sure if they could continue their oppositional attitudes in the media"?

Yes, except I would say "oppositional attitude toward the media", not "in" it.

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