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The Media Presentation Of Homosexual Event And Its Cognitive Influence On Homosexual Original Families

Posted on:2018-03-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C H QinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2348330536956132Subject:Journalism and Communication
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The media face homosexuality issues do have a positive,nice reports,but the construction of the subject is still within the limits of specific ideology,the image of homosexuality reproduced by the media is still far from reality,resulting in a psychological stress and spiritual burden to homosexual' families.Especially in the dilemma of homosexual "out of the closet" family "into the closet",from the perspective of mass communication how the media to re-establish a virtuous circle,becoming an important communication bridge between the two sides will be a topic worthy of every journalist and media scholar to think about.This study is based on the "news frame theory" to explore the specific media framework of the media on homosexuality issues in 2014-2016,how to present and how the framework may limit the meaning of the media,and interpret the media framework from the perspective of homosexual parents as textual Filling,filtering media coverage of homosexual family awareness.Firstly,The news text in this article has six framework,"law" frame,"moral" frame,"celebrity" frame,"conflict" frame,"disease" frame,"emotion" frame.The construction of the media framework is achieved through the specific presentation of the homosexual image and the personalization of homosexual events.The specific framework of the media presents the special identity of homosexuals,leaving the audience with "new" stereotypes,which is not conducive to the homosexuals' family to establish a benign cognition of homosexuals.Secondly,through interviews with 10 gay parents in depth interviews,the paper finds that the parents had a tendency to read the news of homosexuality.In the case of legal,moral and AIDS issues homosexual parents mainly take a submissive attitude;but parents showed a critical attitude when faced with celebrity news,sexual treatment and other topics.There are four aspects that media issues have influence on the cognition of homosexual parents: Questioning the rationality of the media issues and positions;had a contradictory mind on the homosexual "out of the closet" issue;the perception of homosexual children is also biased;the perception of the role of homosexual parents is improved.Thus,the triangular relationship between homosexuality,family and the media is presented under homosexuality issues,Media information does make homosexuality and its native family relationship status and survival situation improved,but in a part of the framework of the media for the gay community specific "viewing habits" has been unable to attract,and even hurt those gay family groups who want to understand the gay community,to understand their children's life experience.
Keywords/Search Tags:Homosexual Issue, Coming Out, News Frame, Audience Awareness, Homosexual Original Family
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