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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: History of LGBTQ+ Communication Studies Topic 1 - History of LGBTQ+ communication relating to internalized and externalized homophobia.[edit]

 * Section Overview

The section that I am focusing on is researching the history of internalized and externalized violence and homophobia. The topics I found while researching on communication source were mostly related to the Stonewall riots and other important incidents that shifted the perceptions of LGBTQ+ people. I have worked with Beck and have exchanged the articles we each found.

What should this overall section include? What are topics you noticed in your Communication Studies journal article research searches? How have you coordinated with your buddy/buddies to brainstorm this potential section?


 * Topic Focus

One topic that should be included in this section is the study of internalized and externalized homophobia and how that can affect the people who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community. In addition, I want to link this to how language regarding topics related to LQBTQ people was before and after the Stonewall inn incident. These riots were pivotal to LGBTQ+ liberation and should be discussed if the topic of research is the history of LQBTQ+ communication studies. It is important to highlight the Stonewall riots in order to dive into deeper detail in regards to the history of why scholars decided to start researching LGBTQ+ communication.

What is one topic of peer-reviewed LGBTQ+ Communication Research that should be in this section? Why would this topic be important to include based on the peer-reviewed research topic(s) that you noticed in your library searches?


 * Source(s)

A source that I decided to use for this project is a review of 'Leap (2020): Language Before Stonewall: Language, Sexuality, History.' I also used the actual book as a reference, but since you have to buy the book, linking it would be pointless so I will link the summary. This source focuses on how LGBTQ+ people were treated before and after the pivotal Stone wall riots. Furthermore, it discusses how LGBTQ+ people used "adaptive linguistic measures" in order to escape the the repression of others who did not identify with the community.

What is one (or more) peer-reviewed Communication Studies journal article(s) you could use for this topic, and why did you choose that specific source? Briefly describe the source's focus in your own words (paraphrase; avoiding close paraphrasing).

Be sure to use the cite button above to cite the source too, like this: I would like to include Eger (2018) because.... [1]

Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s)

I would use the LGBT Community article because it talks about the history of LGBTQ+ rights and how treatment of identifying people has changed over the past few decades. [2]

What is one (or more) potential current live Wikipedia Article(s) you may later be able to link to refer readers to after you complete your writing? You can look at Dr. Eger's starting list of potential articles, but there area many more you could consider based on your chosen topic(s). After explaining the connection, link to it like this here: I would recommend we link to the Organizational communication main page.

Option 2: History of LGBTQ+ Communication Studies Topic 2 - History of LGBTQ+ organizational communication relating to discursive violence.[edit]

 * Section Overview

The articles that I found on communication source focused on Discursive violence which is any imagery, language, and gestures that are used to degrade and misconstrued the experiences of the people who identify with the LGBTQ+ community. Discursive violence within organizations can be found in regular daily conversations that non LGBTQ+ people have and a simple example would be degrading questions like how are lesbian couples able to have children? This topic is important to include since this a core problem in regards to how non LGBTQ+ people speak of and to people who are gay, lesbian, transgender, etc.


 * Topic Focus
 * My topic focus is how non LGBTQ+ people talk about or talk to people who do identify with the community. This topic is important to highlight in this section in order to find solutions to mitigating the amount of discursive violence towards LGBTQ+ people. Mitigating discursive violence will reduce the amount of stereotyping of LGBTQ+ members.


 * Source(s)

The source that I decide to use is “The Public Immoralist”: Discourses of Queer Subjectification in Contemporary Turkey. This source discusses how politicians and other religious people in power in the country of Turkey have used discursive violence to degrade the LGBTQ+ community. I also used a book titled Queer theory and Communication : From Disciplining Queers to Queering the Disciplines. It talks about the language used by non LGBTQ+ people when discussing identifying individuals. It also discusses how you one should communicate with LGBTQ+ identifying people. It has an entire section dedicated to the study of discursive violence.

Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s)

Option 3: History of LGBTQ+ Communication Studies Topic 3 - History of how LGBTQ+ people are represented in media and how LGBTQ+ people use mass communication in order to relay information.[edit]
Section Overview When browsing the articles in the communication source database, I noticed there were newer articles that discussed how LGBTQ+ influencers use social media as a form of mass communication. Social media has changed how people think of LGBTQ+ people due to the sheer amount of influencers who support or are a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Before social media was a thing, it was much harder for LGBTQ+ people to be heard, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people were often misconstrued due to traditional media outlets portraying the community in a poor manner.

Topic Focus

My topic focus will be about how media has changed over the years and how the portrayal of LGBTQ+ people has changed with it as we continue further into the age of social media. Traditional media outlets of the past were notoriously bad at portraying LGBTQ+ people in a good and accurate manner, but now with social media and the internet, regular people are finally able to see the real and authentic LGBTQ+ experience. In addition, LGBTQ+ youth are now able to easily find other people like them and find helpful resources through the use of social media. Overall, media platforms like TIKTOK and INSTAGRAM, and YOUTUBE have done well in enhancing the health of younger teens and adults.

Source(s)

The source I found that would be perfect in supporting this section is called 'Can Social Media Participation Enhance LGBTQ+ Youth Well-Being? Development of the Social Media Benefits Scale'. This article talks about how social media networks have been a great asset for young LGBTQ+ adults and teens. A survey was conducted with people aged 14-29 in order find out the ways in which social media has helped them feel more comfortable with being a part of the LGBTQ+ community. The survey was also used in order to find how social media has helped LGBTQ+ youth find relevant information and resources in regards to the LGBTQ+ community and how they can be more connected.

Potential Current Wikipedia Article(s) For some reason I am unable to find any articles in regards to how social media is being used as an asset to LGBTQ+ youth on Wikipedia. The only relevant thing that I could find was a list of LGBTQ+ youtubers and their background on the social media platform. List of LGBT YouTubers.
 * Wikipedia articles are, or should be, based on secondary sources, and so it takes a while to percolate through research into Wikipedia articles. Of course there's plenty out there in the popular press, including, , and (for shits and giggles) this. "Potential articles" could include articles like Cultural impact of TikTok or Online identity, which I found by scrolling down all the way in TikTok and looking through the navigational templates at the bottom. Good luck. Drmies (talk) 23:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC)