The Art of Coming Out

Andrew C. Billings; Leigh M. Moscowitz; Coral Rae; Natalie Brown-Devlin

doi:10.1177/1077699014560516

The Art of Coming Out

Andrew C. Billings, Leigh M. Moscowitz, Coral Rae, Natalie Brown-Devlin

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Abstract

On April 29, 2013, Jason Collins became the first male to come out as gay as an active member in a profebional team sport. This study examines two prongs of the media response to the Collins announcement, analyzing 364 newspaper articles and 7,556 tweets covering the first week of coverage of Collins' decision to make his sexual orientation public. Results showed an overwhelmingly positive yet bifurcated response between the two media platforms. Comparisons between media platforms and ramifications for theory and the increasingly public role of sexual orientation are offered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	142-160
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
Volume	92
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699014560516
State	Published - Mar 1 2015

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© 2014 Abociation for Education in Journalism & Mab Communication.

Keywords

content analysis
LGBTQ ibues
Online
print media
sport

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Communication

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