Writing in the Margins: Mainstream News Media Representations of Transgenderism

IF 1.9 3区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

International Journal of Communication Pub Date : 2016-08-29 DOI:10.31235/osf.io/4q8f3

Thomas J. Billard

引用次数: 59

Abstract

This study examines representations of transgender individuals and identity in mainstream American newspapers in an effort to understand the extent to which the transgender community is legitimized or delegitimized by news media. To do so, 200 articles from 13 of the 25 most circulated daily newspapers in the United States were coded for the presence or absence of Legitimacy Indicators. The study finds that mainstream newspaper coverage of the transgender community is extremely limited. What coverage existed, however, contains a significant amount of delegitimizing language, which it is argued will detrimentally impact both the projected legitimacy of transgender claims in the political arena and public perceptions of the transgender community.

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书写在边缘:跨性别主义的主流新闻媒体表现

本研究考察了跨性别者和身份在美国主流报纸中的表现，试图了解跨性别群体在新闻媒体中被合法化或非合法化的程度。为此，对美国发行量最大的25家日报中的13家的200篇文章进行了编码，以确定是否存在合法性指标。研究发现，主流报纸对跨性别群体的报道极为有限。然而，现有的报道包含了大量的非合法化语言，有人认为这将对跨性别者在政治舞台上主张的合法性和公众对跨性别群体的看法产生不利影响。

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International Journal of Communication COMMUNICATION-

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