Journal article
Getting the Message Out: Media Context and Global Changes in Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
Comparative political studies, v 50(8), pp 1055-1085
01 Jul 2017
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Abstract
Global attitudes involving homosexuality are changing rapidly. Tolerance toward lesbian and gay relationships has increased in almost every continent. More often than not, younger people have been at the forefront of this change. In this article, we explore explanations for this cross-national phenomenon. Specifically, we test to see whether contextual factors, those that allow lesbian women and gay men to freely express themselves or to gain cultural representation in the media, have driven this transformation. The results show that inter-cohort effects, or more liberal attitudes among younger people, are related to the pervasiveness of a nation's mass media and to the presence of press freedom. This research suggests a strong link between increasing mass support for minority rights and the factors that encourage and allow minorities to express their viewpoints to others. These findings have broad implications, in that they help us understand the growing global acceptance around gay rights.
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- Title
- Getting the Message Out: Media Context and Global Changes in Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
- Creators
- Phillip M. Ayoub - Drexel UniversityJeremiah Garretson - California State University, East Bay
- Publication Details
- Comparative political studies, v 50(8), pp 1055-1085
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 31
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000402164900002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85019748544
- Other Identifier
- 991019168092104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Political Science