The internationally renowned social scientist Professor Eva Illouz has been Visiting Scholar at ZU since the fall semester 2015. She has presented highly important research studies on the connection between capitalism, the mass media, and our emotional patterns. Currently, Illouz is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She will be teaching two seminars at ZU: a master´s seminar on sociological issues in media theory, and a bachelor´s seminar entitled "Love and the Media, Love in the Media".