“This is Not a Slippery Slope” Versus “The Queer Sex Panic is Just Beginning”: Discourse About FOSTA-SESTA in Ideologically Diverse U.S. Mass media, 2017–2023

IF 0.9 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Journal of Communication Inquiry Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI:10.1177/01968599231220925

Chelsea Reynolds

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Abstract

This research analyzes mass media coverage of The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and Stop Enabling Online Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), two landmark 2018 bills that changed how sexual content is moderated by internet service providers in the United States. Using critical discourse analysis, I compare the framing of 101 news stories about FOSTA-SESTA published in mainstream U.S. newspapers, feminist media, and LGBTQ magazines over the course of 7 years. Findings describe coverage of online sex work, online child sexual exploitation, and free speech concerns that preceded and followed the landmark ruling from 2017 to 2023. I show FOSTA-SESTA's progression as a topic of discourse during the 2020 presidential election and compare differences between coverage in ideologically diverse U.S. media. While mainstream news originally supported FOSTA-SESTA's efforts to restrict the tech industry and prevent online child sexual exploitation, alternative media tended to present skeptical arguments that supported sex workers and other marginalized communities. Journalism industry interventions are discussed.

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"这不是一个滑坡 "与 "同性恋性恐慌才刚刚开始"：2017-2023年意识形态多元化的美国大众媒体中关于《禁止同性恋、双性恋和变性法案》的论述

本研究分析了大众媒体对《允许国家和受害者打击网络性交易法案》（The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act，FOSTA）和《停止助长网络性交易法案》（Stop Enabling Online Sex Traffickers Act，SESTA）的报道，这两项具有里程碑意义的 2018 年法案改变了美国互联网服务提供商对性内容的审核方式。通过批判性话语分析，我比较了 7 年来美国主流报纸、女权主义媒体和 LGBTQ 杂志上发表的 101 篇有关 FOSTA-SESTA 的新闻报道的框架。研究结果描述了从 2017 年到 2023 年，在这一具有里程碑意义的裁决之前和之后，对在线性工作、在线儿童性剥削和言论自由问题的报道。我展示了 FOSTA-SESTA 在 2020 年总统大选期间作为一个话题的进展，并比较了意识形态不同的美国媒体在报道上的差异。主流新闻最初支持 FOSTA-SESTA 在限制科技行业和防止网络儿童性剥削方面的努力，而另类媒体则倾向于提出支持性工作者和其他边缘化群体的怀疑论点。讨论了新闻行业的干预措施。

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Journal of Communication Inquiry COMMUNICATION-

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2.90

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Communication Inquiry emphasizes interdisciplinary inquiry into communication and mass communication phenomena within cultural and historical perspectives. Such perspectives imply that an understanding of these phenomena cannot arise soley out of a narrowly focused analysis. Rather, the approaches emphasize philosophical, evaluative, empirical, legal, historical, and/or critical inquiry into relationships between mass communication and society across time and culture. The Journal of Communication Inquiry is a forum for such investigations.