User:Bennie&thejets/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.



Option 1: Interpersonal: LGBTQ+ marriage
Section Overview:

This overall section will include the interpersonal relationships that are involved amongst the LGBTQ+ community. The topics that I noticed in researching Communication journal article research explore many relationships within the community. For example many article cover marriage of same sex relationships, dating within the LGBTQ community, family relationships and friendships. In coordinating with my peers we divided up 4 main topics we felt had enough research and thought needed to be discussed when looking at Interpersonal communication.

Topic Focus

One topic of the peer-reviewed LGBTQ+ communication research is relationship between same-sex marriages, specifically gay and lesbian relationships. In most research surrounding LGBTQ+ marriages a topic of discuss is the legitimacy of the marriages looking at same sex marriage with the lens of the interpersonal relationship is important to highlight and discuss to fight back these ideas.

Source(s):

I would like to include the peer reviewed communication studies journal article, "For better or worse: Exploring the meanings of same-sex marriage within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community" by Pamela J. Lannutti. In Lannutti (2005), they examine LGBT same sex marriages and the impacts of their marriage to help better understanding the community.

Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s):

Interpersonal communication

Same-sex marriage

I would recommend we link these potential live wikipedia pages.

Option 2: Interpersonal: LGBTQ+ family
Section Overview:

See Option 1 overview above.

Topic Focus

I would like to focus on the interpersonal relationship of a parent and child within the LGBTQ+ community, family relationships within the LGBTQ+ community, specifically the parent and child relationship. I would like to highlight this relationship because currently with reproductive rights being taken away especially with LGBTQ+ community this would be important to see those relationships on Wiki page.

Source(s):

I would like to include the peer reviewed communication studies journal article, "Explain, label, or ignore? Exploring LGBTQ-parent families’ communication about family identity" by Traci K. Gillig, Jared T. Macary, and Larry P. Gross. In this article they highlight the challenge that LGBTQ+ families face with heteronormativity and those family relationships. They interview families in the community and get there personal experiences as a family.

Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s):

Interpersonal communication

Same-sex parenting

I would recommend we link these potential live wikipedia pages.

Option 3: Interpersonal: LGBTQ+ dating
Section Overview:

See option 1 overview above.

Topic Focus

I would like to focus my research surrounding dating in the LGBTQ+ community, I want to look at in the lens of interpersonal relationship especially with online dating and hookup culture within the community. In highlighting these interpersonal relationships, it would be important to look at it further especially since this isn't a topic typically talked about in the community. I think it would be interesting to look at how social media has impacted the interpersonal relationship surrounding dating in the community.

Source(s):

I would like to include the peer reviewed communication studies journal article, "Hooking up with friends: LGBTQ+ young people, dating apps, friendship and safety" by Paul Byron, Kath Albury and Tinonee Pym. In this article they talk about the impacts that social media has had on the LGBTQ+ community surrounding dating. They highlight the relationship differences of online dating and hook up culture within the community.

Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s):

Interpersonal communication

Online dating

Hookup culture

I would recommend we link these potential live wikipedia pages.