Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2024 Jun;39(11-12):2602-2628. doi: 10.1177/08862605231220014. Epub 2023 Dec 27.
Recently, the media's coverage of trans homicides has increased in the U.S. Studies show that the news media's framing has been largely negative but has improved in recent times. Yet, research has mostly analyzed the news media's framing of victims who were trans women, thus limiting our understanding of this issue across different trans groups. The present study employs a mixed method approach to comparatively analyze articles ( = 124) published in online news media outlets of 15 trans men and 15 trans women murdered between 2016 and 2022. The findings indicate news media outlets used more positive and neutral frames than negative for both groups. However, when compared to trans women, trans men were delegitimized at higher rates. These findings highlight the ways that the police, news media, family, friends, and community members simultaneously contribute to the humanization and delegitimization of trans victims of homicide, demonstrating the importance of ensuring all information released about the victims correctly reflects who they were, or the cycle of delegitimization will continue. By studying how the news media frames trans homicide victims, we can look at how the media shapes cultural beliefs and ideologies about trans people, the role of language in reinforcing stereotypes, and the implications of these framings for trans people.
最近，美国媒体对跨性别者凶杀案的报道有所增加。研究表明，新闻媒体的报道框架在很大程度上是负面的，但近年来有所改善。然而，大多数研究分析的是被报道为跨性别女性的受害者的新闻媒体框架，从而限制了我们对不同跨性别群体中这一问题的理解。本研究采用混合方法，比较分析了 2016 年至 2022 年间 15 名跨性别男性和 15 名跨性别女性被谋杀的在线新闻媒体报道（ = 124）。研究结果表明，新闻媒体对两个群体的报道使用了更多的积极和中性框架，而不是负面框架。然而，与跨性别女性相比，跨性别男性被合法化的比例更高。这些发现突出了警察、新闻媒体、家人、朋友和社区成员同时促成了被谋杀的跨性别受害者的人性化和合法化的方式，表明了确保关于受害者的所有信息都正确反映他们是谁的重要性，否则合法化的循环将继续。通过研究新闻媒体如何报道跨性别者凶杀案受害者，我们可以了解媒体如何塑造关于跨性别人群的文化信仰和意识形态，语言在强化刻板印象中的作用，以及这些框架对跨性别人群的影响。
