"Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news

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 sur- rogacy, of which most audiences have no direct experience....

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Autores: Ventura, Rafael, Rodríguez-Polo, Xosé Ramón, Roca-Cuberes, Carles
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1422947
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Palabra clave:Estudios gais, lesbianos y trans
Estudis LGBT
TV studies
TV news
Audience Studies
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spelling "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV newsVentura, RafaelRodríguez-Polo, Xosé RamónRoca-Cuberes, CarlesEstudios gais, lesbianos y transEstudis LGBTTV studiesTV newsAudience StudiesSurrogacy 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 sur- rogacy, 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 inter- pretation of a TV news story in Spain. To do this we conducted four focus groups that were analyzed using a qualitative con- tent analysis based on the discourse produced by the partici- pants. 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.This work was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) for the research project “Analysis of Audiovisual Narratives on Civilizations and Cultures: Representations and Interpretations of Television News Narratives” (grant number CSO2011-23786).Taylor & Francis2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1422947https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/466952reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CSO2011-23786Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1422947Journal of Homosexuality, 2019, vol. 66, num. 5, p. 609-634(c) Taylor & Francis, 2019info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10459.1/4669522026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
spellingShingle "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
Ventura, Rafael
Estudios gais, lesbianos y trans
Estudis LGBT
TV studies
TV news
Audience Studies
title_short "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
title_full "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
title_fullStr "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
title_full_unstemmed "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
title_sort "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ventura, Rafael
Rodríguez-Polo, Xosé Ramón
Roca-Cuberes, Carles
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Rodríguez-Polo, Xosé Ramón
Roca-Cuberes, Carles
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Roca-Cuberes, Carles
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Estudios gais, lesbianos y trans
Estudis LGBT
TV studies
TV news
Audience Studies
topic Estudios gais, lesbianos y trans
Estudis LGBT
TV studies
TV news
Audience Studies
description 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 sur- rogacy, 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 inter- pretation of a TV news story in Spain. To do this we conducted four focus groups that were analyzed using a qualitative con- tent analysis based on the discourse produced by the partici- pants. 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.
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