Beyond representation: negotiating realism and the positive impact of media narratives with trans audiences

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• dc.contributor.author Villegas-Simón, Isabel
• dc.contributor.author Sánchez-Soriano, Juan José
• dc.contributor.author Ventura, Rafael
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-18T12:04:09Z
• dc.date.embargoEnd info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-11-08
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description Data de publicació electrònica: 08-11-2024
• dc.description.abstract The growing presence of trans people in popular culture, including television series, is a well-established fact. However, its broader social impact and particularly consideration of what constitutes a positive representation of the trans community has received little attention from academic literature. This research addresses this gap by focusing on the experiences and interpretations of trans individuals regarding the way they are portrayed in TV series. It does so by conducting a qualitative study of 19 trans Spaniards who participated in two focus groups and nine semi-structured interviews. The findings indicate that the participants view their increased representation as a form of retribution for past under-representation. They also associate positive representation with realism, with two of their primary areas of concern being the need to depict authentic situations and individuals, and lack of involvement of trans people in the creative process. Ultimately, this research highlights the role of television series as amplifiers of trans experiences, voices and stories.
• dc.description.sponsorship The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study is part of the project Representación LGBTIQ+ en la Ficción Seriada Española y Eficacia en la Reducción de Prejuicios por Orientación Sexual e Identidad de Género (PID2019-110351RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), funded by the Ministry of Science & Innovation of Spain.
• dc.embargo.liftdate 2025-11-08
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• dc.identifier.citation Villegas-Simón I, Sánchez-Soriano JJ, Ventura, R. Beyond representation: negotiating realism and the positive impact of media narratives with trans audiences. Communication, Culture and Critique. 2024 Nov 8. DOI: 10.1093/ccc/tcae044
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcae044
• dc.identifier.issn 1753-9129
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68726
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Oxford University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Communication, Culture and Critique. 2024 Nov 8
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-110351RB-I00
• dc.rights © Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Communication, Culture and Critique following peer review. The version of record Villegas-Simón I, Sánchez-Soriano JJ, Ventura, R. Beyond representation: negotiating realism and the positive impact of media narratives with trans audiences. Communication, Culture and Critique. 2024 Nov 8. DOI: 10.1093/ccc/tcae044 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ccc/tcae044/7887707#493105090
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• dc.subject.keyword Trans audiences
• dc.subject.keyword Realism
• dc.subject.keyword Queer studies
• dc.subject.keyword Reception studies
• dc.subject.keyword Focus groups
• dc.title Beyond representation: negotiating realism and the positive impact of media narratives with trans audiences
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