TY - JOUR
T1 - “An out gay man in the parliament”
T2 - New aspects in the study of LGBTQ politicians’ media coverage
AU - Greenwald, Gilad
AU - Haleva-Amir, Sharon
AU - Kama, Amit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/1/20
Y1 - 2024/1/20
N2 - This study identifies how three prominent Israeli online newspapers frame gay Members of Knesset (Israeli parliament) and cabinet ministers. 2019 was chosen since the number of gay MKs reached a historic milestone of representation. The study employed a mixed-methods design, combining descriptive statistics, based on a quantitative content analysis, with a thematic qualitative analysis. 1015 retrieved news items constituted the initial database. They were divided into two categories: “Gay relevant” (items explicitly referring to, or mentioning the politician’s sexual orientation); or “Gay irrelevant” (all other items), to thematically focus on the Gay relevant items (N = 159). Six themes were then identified: Novelty; LGBTQ Political Representation; Private Sphere; Homophobia; Community Recognition and Rights; and Incongruity. Findings revealed that elite newspaper coverage is similar to popular ones; cabinet ministers’ framing is more neutral compared to junior MKs; and liberal MKs are framed differently than conservative ones.
AB - This study identifies how three prominent Israeli online newspapers frame gay Members of Knesset (Israeli parliament) and cabinet ministers. 2019 was chosen since the number of gay MKs reached a historic milestone of representation. The study employed a mixed-methods design, combining descriptive statistics, based on a quantitative content analysis, with a thematic qualitative analysis. 1015 retrieved news items constituted the initial database. They were divided into two categories: “Gay relevant” (items explicitly referring to, or mentioning the politician’s sexual orientation); or “Gay irrelevant” (all other items), to thematically focus on the Gay relevant items (N = 159). Six themes were then identified: Novelty; LGBTQ Political Representation; Private Sphere; Homophobia; Community Recognition and Rights; and Incongruity. Findings revealed that elite newspaper coverage is similar to popular ones; cabinet ministers’ framing is more neutral compared to junior MKs; and liberal MKs are framed differently than conservative ones.
KW - Israel
KW - LGBTQ
KW - gay politicians
KW - media framing
KW - political representation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165183545&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/01634437231185946
DO - 10.1177/01634437231185946
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AN - SCOPUS:85165183545
SN - 0163-4437
VL - 46
SP - 3
EP - 20
JO - Media, Culture and Society
JF - Media, Culture and Society
IS - 1
ER -