Studies have been performed ranging from the effects of representation on transgender and LGBT children, and adults. Through studies focusing on these demographics it has been found that there have been negative side effects from portraying stereotypical transgender people in the media. This has led to negative self-images, and transgender people and their qualities to be mocked for the sake of comic relief.
One study in particular focuses on a demographic that this study doesn’t. In the work of Lauren B. McInroy and Shelley L. Craig (2015), which is titled “Transgender Representation Offline Media: LGBT Youth Perspectives” the focus is on how the increase of transgender representation has impacted youth in the LGBT community. McInroy and Craig state that, “many participants felt that there were few positive representations of transgender people, and their responses indicated that the transgender representation available within offline media remains very limited, problematic and stereotypical” (p. 610). This lack of representation in television is only supplemented by the fact that online resources are available to transgender people. While there seems to be mixed feelings on the effectiveness, representation is key for transgender people to be able to accept themselves.
One study performed by Trans Media Watch (2010) consisted of a …show more content…
Ringo says, “the ‘confirmation’, ‘validation’ and ‘affirmation’ of identities and self-perceptions that respondents said media provided also can be taken to mean what D’Acci calls ‘previously constituted subjectives’ (D’Acci, 1994: 174) were not considered to be products of socialization” (The International Journal of Transgenderism). This study shows that representation of transgender people has the ability
One study in particular focuses on a demographic that this study doesn’t. In the work of Lauren B. McInroy and Shelley L. Craig (2015), which is titled “Transgender Representation Offline Media: LGBT Youth Perspectives” the focus is on how the increase of transgender representation has impacted youth in the LGBT community. McInroy and Craig state that, “many participants felt that there were few positive representations of transgender people, and their responses indicated that the transgender representation available within offline media remains very limited, problematic and stereotypical” (p. 610). This lack of representation in television is only supplemented by the fact that online resources are available to transgender people. While there seems to be mixed feelings on the effectiveness, representation is key for transgender people to be able to accept themselves.
One study performed by Trans Media Watch (2010) consisted of a …show more content…
Ringo says, “the ‘confirmation’, ‘validation’ and ‘affirmation’ of identities and self-perceptions that respondents said media provided also can be taken to mean what D’Acci calls ‘previously constituted subjectives’ (D’Acci, 1994: 174) were not considered to be products of socialization” (The International Journal of Transgenderism). This study shows that representation of transgender people has the ability