The battle over marriage : gay rights activism through the media /
The controversial issue of gay marriage has emerged as a primary battle in the culture wars and a definitive social issue of our time. The subject moved to the forefront of mainstream public debate in 2004, when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began authorizing same-sex marriage licenses, and it ha...
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Urbana, Illinois :
University of Illinois Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=662365 |
Table of Contents:
- Gay marriage in an era of media visibility
- Fighting the "battle to be boring" : marriage as a portal into the mainstream
- "The marrying kind" : the face of gay marriage in the news
- Gay marriage goes prime-time : journalistic norms frame the debate
- Speaking out : representing gay perspectives in news discourse
- Conclusion : the trouble with marriage.