The Battle over Marriage - Gay Rights Activism Through the Media

Informationen zum Autor Leigh Moscowitz is an assistant professor of communication at the College of Charleston. Klappentext Leigh Moscowitz is an assistant professor of communication at the College of Charleston. "A very significant contribution to advancing understanding of media coverage of gay marriage. Moscowitz presents a controversial topic in a way that lets the facts and players speak for themselves."--Felix F. Gutierrez, coauthor of Racism, Sexism, and the News Media: Multicultural Issues into the New Communications Age Zusammenfassung Reveals both the promises and the limitations of commercial media as a route to social change. Inhaltsverzeichnis CoverTitleContentsAcknowledgments1. Gay Marriage in an Era of Media Visibility2. Fighting the "Batle to Be Boring": Marriage as a Portal into the Mainstream3. "The Marrying Kind": The Face of Gay Marriage in the News4. Gay Marriage Goes Prime-Time: Journalistic Norms Frame the Debate5. Speaking Out: Representing Gay Perspectives in News Discourse6. Conclusion: The Trouble with MarriageAppendix: Studying Gay Marriage in the MediaNotesReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Leigh Moscowitz
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9780252079603
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07960-3
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries