homosexual characters are often stereotyped as having particular characteristics - camp or deviant
sex rep morally degenerate
Dyer
gays and lesbians have been categorised negatively often seen as morally degenerate
sex rep negative
Stonewall 2013
found in 126 hours of TV only 46 minutes of it showed homosexuality realistically and in a positive manner
sex rep camp
Dyer
one of the most widely used gay tv characteristics is ' camp ' - as it appears to be more acceptable to a wider audience due to its irony and humour
sex rep ideology
Gill
argues when homosexual images are covered by TV, they tend to be a sanitised version that does not challenge heterosexual ideology - so it does not drive away advertising and revenue
sex rep advertising
Gerbner et al
argues the commercial structure of the media limits the opportunity for representing diverse sexual characters because TV networks shy away from alienating or offending advertising
sex rep hegemonic definitions
Gill
believes lesbian and gay imagery reflect hegemonic definitions of sexuality - lesbians are often showed sexually in contrast to male homosexuality where displays of affection are not shown
sex rep aids
Watney
talks about how British news coverage of AIDS stereotyped gay people as carriers of a ' gay plague '
sex rep increasing tolerance
Gauntlett
non heterosexual representation in mainstream media is still under represented but tolerance of sexual diversity is slowly growing
