Who Defines Gender Diversity? Sourcing Routines and Representation in Mainstream U.S. News Stories About Transgenderism

Capuzza, Jamie C.

doi:10.1080/15532739.2014.946195

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“…Throughout the timeframe of the study, transgender women were the focus of news coverage, while non-binary transgender people were almost completely ignored, supporting the similar conclusions of past studies (Capuzza, 2014;Siebler, 2010;Skidmore, 2011;Squires & Brouwer, 2002;Willox, 2003). As Siebler (2010) argued, American media insist on assigning transgender people the category of male-to-female or female-to-male, because it is presumed in American culture that "there is [no] way to exist .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

“…This number is especially low considering that only 45.6% of all paragraphs coded mention a specific transgender person and only 24.13% use the terms "transgender," "transsexual," or some variant thereof, demonstrating that the majority of news coverage of transgender people and issues does not focus on them. This supplements the findings of Capuzza (2014), who argued that journalistic sourcing patterns lead to an underrepresentation of transgender voices in articles that discuss transgenderism and restrict transgender sources to providing "personal narratives" (p. 96) rather than allowing them to authoritatively speak on transgender issues.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 68%

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Writing in the Margins: Mainstream News Media Representations of Transgenderism

Billard

2018

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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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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 68%

Writing in the Margins: Mainstream News Media Representations of Transgenderism

Billard

2018

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“…Firstly, trans journalists' connections to the activist and community spheres mean that they are in a good position to amplify the voices of others, thereby extending the reach of trans knowledges on matters of health. This was certainly the case with #transdocfail, for instance: articles written about the hashtag by trans journalists 83 appeared in The 81 A similar situation in the US is described by Capuzza (2014). 82 As opposed to the occasional isolated individual, such as travel writer Jan Morris.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…More recently, social researchers have increasingly focused more on the liveable reality of being trans, addressing social experiences of (for instance) transition and gender affirmation as well as processes of marginalisation and discrimination (e.g. Namaste, 2000;Monro, 2005;Ekins & King, 2006;Hines, 2007;Dewey, 2008;Connell, 2010;Hines & Sanger, 2010;Sanger, 2010;Beemyn & Rankin, 2011;Burke, 2011;Davy, 2011;Pearce, 2012;Kennedy, 2013;Capuzza, 2014;Raun, 2015).…”

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Condition or movement? A genealogy of trans discourse

Pearce¹

2018

Understanding Trans Health

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This chapter offers a genealogical account of the discursive repertoires of trans as condition and trans as movement. It describes the negotiation of differing positions on trans condition and movement by health professionals and radical feminists as well as trans patients, activists and academics. In addition to providing a roughly chronological history of ideas, it explores how contemporary trans possibilities have emerged through categorisation and contestation, and explains why medical discourse has played a particularly important role in this process. It looks at how recent sociological studies incorporated condition-oriented identities within broadly movement-oriented accounts of trans community, focusing on Surya Monro's concept of ‘gender pluralism’. It shows how recent interventions from health professionals have sought to acknowledge movement-oriented trans identities and experiences.

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“…Globally, we know media play a role in increasing transgender people's awareness of gender identity (Capuzza 2014(Capuzza , 2016Moscowitz 2010). Olympian and celebrity Bruce Jenner's transition to becoming a woman, Caitlyn Jenner, was profiled extensively in mainstream media globally during 2015.…”

Section: Media Representation and Transgender Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

Conversational Storytelling in Community Context: Examining Talk on Transgender Radio

Ames¹

2017

IAFOR J Media Commun Film

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This paper considers the role of co-participatory storytelling within the framework of community radio, radio talk and transgender media. It considers this by examining storytelling by participants on an Australian radio program, TRANS*Positions, which is broadcast on JOY FM, a successful and well-known Australian community radio station. The paper reveals the ways co-participatory conversational storytelling, a dominant form of talk on this program designed for a transgender audience, informs listeners and fosters a sense of community. It analyses the very localised form of interactions between hosts, guests, and callers and reveals the way in which participants make relevant topics that are considered potentially controversial if spoken by a non-transgender audience. The interactions demonstrate the way in which coparticipants in localised talk for an overhearing audience represent "ourselves to ourselves". While it is an Australian case-study, there are implications more broadly for broadcasters wishing to create space for very localised, community-oriented talk.

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Who Defines Gender Diversity? Sourcing Routines and Representation in Mainstream U.S. News Stories About Transgenderism

Cited by 47 publications

References 46 publications

Writing in the Margins: Mainstream News Media Representations of Transgenderism

Writing in the Margins: Mainstream News Media Representations of Transgenderism

Condition or movement? A genealogy of trans discourse

Conversational Storytelling in Community Context: Examining Talk on Transgender Radio

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