Jacobs Laura, Meeusen Cecil
Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Centre for Sociological Research, University of Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.
J Homosex. 2021 Nov 10;68(13):2144-2168. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2020.1733352. Epub 2020 Mar 9.
This study documents the results of a longitudinal content analysis of television news about LGBT people in terms of visibility, active representation, tone and framing in Flanders (1986-2017). While attention for LGBT issues has increased over time, LGBTs are not more likely to be visually represented or granted a voice. Gay men are more often actively represented than lesbians and transgender people. News remains negatively biased, although news stories in which LGBT people are depicted as the cause of negativity have become less prevalent. Patterns in framing have shifted: Deviance and abnormality frames have decreased in favor of a rise in equal rights and victim frames. Patterns in tone and framing were similar for gay men, lesbians and transgender people. Results suggest that journalists have shifted from problematizing homosexuality to problematizing homophobia. Implications of news as a source of mass-mediated contact to promote tolerance toward LGBT people are discussed.
本研究记录了对佛兰德地区（1986 - 2017年）有关LGBT群体的电视新闻进行纵向内容分析的结果，涉及可见度、积极呈现、语气和框架等方面。虽然随着时间推移，对LGBT问题的关注度有所增加，但LGBT群体在视觉上被呈现或获得发声机会的可能性并未提高。男同性恋者比女同性恋者和跨性别者更常被积极呈现。新闻仍存在负面偏见，尽管将LGBT群体描绘为负面事件起因的新闻报道已变得不那么普遍。框架模式发生了转变：偏差和异常框架减少，平等权利框架和受害者框架增多。男同性恋者、女同性恋者和跨性别者在语气和框架方面的模式相似。结果表明，记者已从将同性恋问题化转向将恐同症问题化。本文还讨论了新闻作为大众传播接触来源对促进对LGBT群体宽容度的影响。
