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That's Outrageous: Examining Fox News Coverage of LGBTQ+ People

DeFrances, Ginny
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My research analyzed 20 years of Fox News transcripts to investigate how and when the network uses outrage language when discussing LGBTQ+ people. This resulted in three key findings. One, outrage language is present in only a small proportion of Fox News' LGBTQ+ coverage. Second, outrage language comes in waves; to start, outrage was primarily directed at LGB people but more recently, outrage has been aimed mostly at transgender people. Third, outrage language is paired with other themes, including the sexualization of LGBTQ+ identities, the portrayal of straight and cis people as victims, and the positioning of children as victims.
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2023-01-01
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Undergraduate
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/8533
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Ellen Andersen
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Political Science
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Patrick Leahy Honors College
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