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    Killing off Lexa: 'Dead Lesbian Syndrome' and intra-fandom management of toxic fan practices in an online queer community
    (University of Nottingham, 2018) Guerrero-Pico, Mar; Establés, María José; Ventura, Rafael
    This article contributes to the debates around toxic fan practices by focusing on the regulation and management strategies activated intra-fandom in order to combat fan toxicity. In particular, the social media boycott campaign against the teen series The 100 (The CW, 2014-) is examined after the death of a popular lesbian character in March 2016. This event propelled an online movement termed 'LGBT Fans Deserve Better', dedicated to improving the representation of lesbian and bisexual women on television and of characters infamously subjected to the occurrence of the 'Dead Lesbian Syndrome' trope. To frame this study, we discuss television representation of lesbian love and its effects on young queer females, and draw some necessary conceptual distinctions within what we call the spectrum of conflict formed by fan-tagonism, anti-fandom, and toxic fan practices, and how that spectrum relates to current research on fan activism. Then we apply a qualitative methodology based on grounded theory, discourse analysis, and reception studies to the study of The 100 fans' online interactions in a lesbian forum and on Twitter in the wake of the character's death. The results confirm the existence of a toxic fan faction that harassed producers on social media. However, three key self-regulation strategies are exemplified at the same time. First, fear of industry retaliation based on internalised social prejudices towards LGBTQ individuals; second, strategic thinking; and third, the common good of achieving a positive LGBTQ representation over time.
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    When the 'other' runs in front of the bull: a membership categorization analysis of a television news story
    (De Gruyter, 2016) Roca-Cuberes, Carles; Ventura, Rafael
    This article analyzes a television news story using a particular example. In line with the research tradition of the ethnomethodological approach of membership categorization analysis, our main analytical concerns are (i) to understand the logic of practical reasoning and intelligibility involved in the production of the news story; (ii) to examine how this intelligibility is generated and what resources - such as commonsense knowledge of the social structures - are used to make the news story communicable; and (iii) to explore how specific forms of categorization employed in the news story are used to induce certain readings or to promote certain worldviews. The news story analyzed describes the progressive increase of foreign participants at the San Fermín running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. It also highlights the still minority participation by women at this massive event. The results of the analysis show that both 'foreigners' and 'women' are presented as being in the wrong place. Through association with their typical predicates, both 'foreigners' and 'women' are construed in the news story as the 'other.' A final reflection is made on the concept of identity, which is understood as a situated accomplishment.
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    Sexuality, gender, religion and interculturality in news stories on civilisations and cultures broadcast by Spanish television
    (Historia de los Sistemas Informativos, 2016) Rodrigo-Alsina, Miquel; García-Jiménez, Leonarda; Gifreu, Josep; Gómez Puertas, Lorena; Guerrero-Solé, Frederic; Lopez-Gonzalez, Hibai; Medina-Bravo, Pilar; Pineda, Antonio; Roca-Cuberes, Carles; Rodríguez-Polo, Xosé Ramón; Terribas Sala, Mònica; Ventura, Rafael
    This paper analyzes several Spanish TV news about sexuality, gender, religion and interculturality to explore how these news are interpreted by audiences and experts. Methodology. We have used three complementary methods. First, we have conducted a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of different sexual, religious and intercultural identities portrayed by the TV news. We have also analyzed how audiences interpret these news through focus groups. Finally, we have used a delphi method to analyze the interpretation of TV experts. Results and Discussion. The CDA illustrated common stereotypes identified by audiences and experts. Conclusions. Audiences and experts were very critical with TV news and perceived the limitations and stereotypes portrayed. However, older audiences used the same stereotypes demonstrated in the focus groups. In general, this study shows that when receivers interpret sensitive issues, they trend to accept or reject media discourses, letting little space for the negotiation of meanings.
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    "Wealthy gay couples buying babies produced in India by poor womb-women": Audience interpretations of transnational surrogacy in TV news
    (Taylor & Francis, 2019) Ventura, Rafael; Rodríguez-Polo, Xosé Ramón; Roca-Cuberes, Carles
    Surrogacy is beginning to generate public debate, and the way the media approach it may have negative effects on social attitudes toward gay parenting. The news media play a key role in informing society, especially about topics such as sur- rogacy, of which most audiences have no direct experience. The aim of our research is to explore opinion formation of surrogacy and gay parenting by analyzing the audience inter- pretation of a TV news story in Spain. To do this we conducted four focus groups that were analyzed using a qualitative con- tent analysis based on the discourse produced by the partici- pants. The results show that the framing strategies used in the news story contribute to advocating an attitude of repudiation toward surrogacy, with an adverse sentiment also extending to homosexual couples who wish to become parents. This leads us to discuss the role of media in shaping public opinion and the resulting potential consequences in the case of surrogacy and gay parenting.
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    New approaches to communication teaching in the Spanish university: analysis of competencies associated with the field of Global Communication Studies
    (Historia de los Sistemas Informativos, 2017) Roca-Cuberes, Carles; Ventura, Rafael
    The definition of the concept of Global Communication Studies (GCS) is still evolving, especially when it comes to their establishment as a new formal area of education regulated by the university system. As GCS cover a very wide range of communication-related issues, it is necessary to demarcate their scope to differentiate them from studies of journalism, public relations, advertising and audiovisual communication, and to place special emphasis on learning competencies. Methods. A survey was applied to a sample of 266 communication professionals, teachers and students to assess, through a 5-point Likert scale, the degree of importance given to 62 competencies associated with the exercise of their professional activities. Results and discussion. The survey results point to a formulation of GCS that is less associated with the technical aspects of the communication sector, and more strongly linked to the political and sociological aspects of communication. There is also a generalised trend towards the positive assessment of autonomous learning.