The Bathroom Boogeyman
A qualitative analysis of how the Houston Chronicle framed the Equal Rights Ordinance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12909280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shane M Graber (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 870-887 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17512786.2017.1358651 |
| OpenAlex | W2744033818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 28 |
In 2015, Houston, Texas voters defeated a bill that would have expanded civil rights to previously unprotected groups, including transgender people. Using a critical framing analysis, this paper investigates how the city’s daily newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, covered the debate over the bill. As such, this study found that the newspaper used almost exclusively elite sources, provided almost no in-depth context, and employed four frames—Equality, Bathroom Boogeyman, Bureaucratic Process, and Religious Freedom—in its Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) coverage. Together, these elements aligned to form a daunting challenge to an effort to protect one of society’s most vulnerable groups: the transgender community
Bureaucracy · Civil rights · Context (archaeology · Elite · Framing (construction · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transgender · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · History · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
We Have to Stand Out to Blend In
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Representations of Trans People in Swedish Newspapers
Encroachers and victims
La transexualidad en los cibermedios españoles. Presencia, preeminencia y temas (2000-2020)
Amplification and the limits of visibility
The Injustice of Bathroom Bills
Morality Politics and New Research on Transgender Politics and Public Policy
Power, Agency and Resistance in Public Relations
Exemplifying Power Matters
Delegitimizing Tactics in Media Coverage of Trans Athlete Sport Bans
Bringing the Ts and (N)Bs to the Table
Pee in Peace' or 'Make Everyone Uncomfortable
Reporters and officials
Why We Lost the ERA
Invisible Power
Community Integration, Local Media Use, and Democratic Processes
Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics
Legal Protections in Public Accommodations Settings
The qualitative content analysis process
The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication
Whole World Is Watching
News Framing as a Multiparadigmatic Research Program
A Multiperspectival Approach to Framing Analysis
Access and exclusion
Transgender Rights and Politics
The Framing Project
Framing in Mass Communication Research – An Overview and Assessment
Writing in the Margins
Who Defines Gender Diversity? Sourcing Routines and Representation in Mainstream U.S. News Stories About Transgenderism
Values, Political Knowledge, and Public Opinion about Gay Rights
Framing
Doing Gender, Determining Gender
Framing Processes and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |