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Audience Interpretations of Transnational Surrogacy in TV News

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3622282
AutoresRafael Ventura (0000-0002-1219-9956, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, autor de correspondencia), Xosé Ramón Rodríguez-Polo (0000-0002-5637-1236, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos), C Roca-Cuberes (0000-0002-3604-8722, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Año2019
Volumen66
Número5
Páginas609-634
Fecha de publicación2019-04-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2017.1422947
PMID29297767
OpenAlexW2781590476
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas87

Surrogacy is beginning to generate public debate, and the way the media approach it may have negative effects on social attitudes toward gay parenting. The news media play a key role in informing society, especially about topics such as surrogacy, of which most audiences have no direct experience. The aim of our research is to explore opinion formation of surrogacy and gay parenting by analyzing the audience interpretation of a TV news story in Spain. To do this we conducted four focus groups that were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis based on the discourse produced by the participants. The results show that the framing strategies used in the news story contribute to advocating an attitude of repudiation toward surrogacy, with an adverse sentiment also extending to homosexual couples who wish to become parents. This leads us to discuss the role of media in shaping public opinion and the resulting potential consequences in the case of surrogacy and gay parenting

Content analysis · Focus group · Framing (construction · Interpretation (philosophy · Mass media · Media studies · News media · Opinion leadership · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · History · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology