Exploring the de-stigmatizing effect of social media on homosexuality in China: an interpersonal-mediated contact versus parasocial-mediated contact perspective

Wu, Yue; Mou, Yi; Wang, Yi; Atkin, David

doi:10.1080/01292986.2017.1324500

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“…Moreover, White et al (2019) found an overall positive online intergroup contact effect on reduced homonegative behavioral intentions, and this effect was stronger for man than for woman. Furthermore, Wu et al (2018), starting from the discrepancy between attitude towards homosexuality in offline and online Chinese contexts, confirmed the de-stigmatizing effect of Internet towards homosexuality through contact with gay people. Kim and Wojcieszak (2018) found that online contact with an LGBT community member reduced negative attitudes toward the outgroup, making people feel less anxious or angry, so that enhancing positive emotions and minimizing negative ones.…”

Section: Online Intergroup Contact For Lgbt Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 59%

Can Social Networks Make Us More Sensitive to Social Discrimination? E-Contact, Identity Processes and Perception of Online Sexual Discrimination in a Sample of Facebook Users

Mancini

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2020

Social Sciences

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In recent years psychosocial studies have given a growing attention to online intergroup contact in reducing prejudice. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of evidence on processes that could mediate this relation. The present study aimed to fill this gap. Focused on intergroup relationships between people with different sexual orientations, it examined whether and to what extent identity processes—i.e., sexual identity commitment and exploration—mediated the relationship between online intergroup contact and perception of mediated and vicarious sexual online discrimination on Facebook. Data was collected with a sample of 357 Facebook users (Mage = 26.07, SD = 8.37; females: 64.9%, males: 35.1%) who completed an online questionnaire. A full Structural Equation Modeling was tested. Results showed that: (a) Online contact was positively associated with perceived online sexual discrimination; (b) online contact was positively associated with identity exploration but not commitment; (c) exploration—but not commitment—was positively associated with perceived online sexual discrimination; (d) sexual identity exploration—but not commitment—mediated the relationship between online contact and perception of sexual discrimination, increasing the positive effect of contact on perceived discrimination. Limitations and directions for future research were discussed.

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Section: Online Intergroup Contact For Lgbt Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 59%

Can Social Networks Make Us More Sensitive to Social Discrimination? E-Contact, Identity Processes and Perception of Online Sexual Discrimination in a Sample of Facebook Users

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2020

Social Sciences

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“…Moreover, in our sample, females tend to have a favorable attitude toward homosexuality. On the one hand, with women's growing awareness of sexual equality, women start to enjoy the pornographic consumption of men (Wu et al, 2018 ). On the other hand, compared to men, women may be more aware of the survival difficulties of the homosexual individuals running counter to mainstream values.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, internet-based social media have attributes of fragmentation, accessibility, affordability, and anonymity, which provides freedoms for discussing homosexuality-related topics (Wang et al, 2018 ; Liu et al, 2020 ). Therefore, compared with the traditional mainstream media which generally bans the topics of homosexuality, internet-based social media are not only venues for homosexuality related self-expression, equal right promotion, and community building, but also provide its users with a reference group that holds accepting attitudes toward homosexuality (Wu et al, 2018 ; Liang et al, 2022 ). These accepting attitudes can be seen in, for instance, scientific studies on homosexuality posted on internet-based social media that state that homosexuality is just a kind of sex orientation rather than a disease and discussions concerning the affection, life, and harmonious families of LGBT individuals (Zhang, 1994 ).…”

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Bridge of Rainbow: Association Between Internet-Based Social Media Use and Homosexuality Inclusion in China

Yao

Yang

2022

Front. Psychol.

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By using the nationally representative dataset of China Labor-force Dynamics Survey, this paper explored the relationship between internet-based social media use and Chinese people's homosexuality inclusion. Addressing endogeneity by using an instrumental variable approach, the results of instrumental variable-ordered probit model indicated that individuals' internet-based social media use had a positive and significant association with their homosexuality inclusion. Furthermore, the heterogeneity analysis revealed that the heterogeneous effects of internet-based social media use on homosexuality inclusion caused by income, gender, and region. The homosexuality inclusion of respondents with higher income, respondents of female gender, and respondents located in eastern region of China was found to be more evidently associated with internet-based social media use. The functional mechanism analysis suggested that the number of respondents' LGBT friends mediated the overall relationship between internet-based social media use and homosexuality inclusion. The robustness check showed that the results were robust cross different models. The findings in this paper provide new evidence that the effect of information technology development on individual perception and behavior in Chinese context.

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“…Yet, these narrative performances, with a focus on individual accomplishments and transformations, could be also read as attempts to keep a "success" narrative going by omitting experiences that might destabilize such self-narratives. For example, because nonheteronormative relations are still stigmatized in China (Engebretson, 2014;Wu, Mou, Wang, & Atkin, 2017), we did not explicitly ask about sexuality or intimate relationships in the interviews (and most of our participants did not venture into such topics). In future work, it would be valuable to further explore gender performative elements, and to expand the current study by examining Chinese women's leisure sport activities within a broader demographic.…”

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“You Challenge Yourself and You’re not Afraid of Anything!” Women’s Narratives of Running in Shanghai

Ronkainen

Shuman

2018

Sociology of Sport Journal

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Distance running is a rapidly growing leisure practice among urban Chinese adults. This study explores female runners’ experiences in Shanghai through life story interviews with 14 female runners. We analyzed their stories for cultural narrative resources and gendered life scripts used in the construction of running identities and practices. Although all interviewees constructed running within narratives of health, ideal body and achievement, women also storied running as a liberating and autonomy-boosting activity. Yet, despite their privileged status as educated urban citizens, they had to negotiate essentialist gender discourses and initially lacked self-confidence in sports. They constructed their achievements as exceptional, rather than as something that all Chinese women could do.

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Exploring the de-stigmatizing effect of social media on homosexuality in China: an interpersonal-mediated contact versus parasocial-mediated contact perspective

Cited by 26 publications

References 36 publications

Can Social Networks Make Us More Sensitive to Social Discrimination? E-Contact, Identity Processes and Perception of Online Sexual Discrimination in a Sample of Facebook Users

Can Social Networks Make Us More Sensitive to Social Discrimination? E-Contact, Identity Processes and Perception of Online Sexual Discrimination in a Sample of Facebook Users

Bridge of Rainbow: Association Between Internet-Based Social Media Use and Homosexuality Inclusion in China

“You Challenge Yourself and You’re not Afraid of Anything!” Women’s Narratives of Running in Shanghai

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