The LGBT rights movement in Taiwan has blossomed in recent years with public gatherings, social and political activism. Gay and lesbian movement groups have been trying to cooperate with mass media to raise awareness of issues affecting homosexuals and to stimulate gay-straight communication. Taiwan LGBT Parade Alliance is the group in this case study, and the group has been managing to attract media coverage of gay and lesbian movement events. After examining the case of “Taiwan Pride Parade 2009”, this research constructs a competitive symbiotic model to access the process and result of LGBT rights movement groups’ employment of media strategies in competition with the authorities over the news coverage of this parade. This model we created highlights the reflexivity and agency of the LGBT rights activists, which accordingly leads to dynamics, non-linear and non-deterministic assessment of the contests in the news media.
中文關鍵詞
同志運動、同志遊行、媒體報導、媒體策略、台灣。
英文關鍵詞
LGBT rights movement, pride parade, media coverage, media strategy, Taiwan