“Cheating, no matter how you try to dress it up”. Zeitungsberichterstattung über Polyamorie, 1994–2023

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2025.282

Schlagworte:

Diskurs, Medien, Polyamorie, Presse, Repräsentation

Abstract

Polyamore Beziehungen sind in den heutigen westlichen Gesellschaften mit erheblichen Nachteilen konfrontiert, von der fehlenden rechtlichen Anerkennung bis hin zu weit verbreiteten Vorurteilen und Stigmatisierungen. Während viele Wissenschaftler auf die Rolle der Mainstream-Medien bei der Reproduktion dieser Vorurteile hingewiesen haben, fehlt uns immer noch ein allgemeiner Überblick über die Art und Entwicklung der Zeitungsberichterstattung über Polyamorie. In diesem Artikel verwende ich korpuslinguistische Techniken, um das charakteristische Vokabular eines Korpus von Artikeln zu identifizieren und zu kategorisieren, die die englischsprachige Berichterstattung über Polyamorie in globalen Mainstream-Zeitungen von 1994 bis 2023 repräsentieren. Die Analyse zeigt, dass sich die Berichterstattung tendenziell auf Fragen der Sexualität, auf Erfahrungen mit Eifersucht und auf negative ethische Urteile konzentriert. Eine Terminologie, die die Ansichten und Grundsätze der polyamoren Gemeinschaft widerspiegelt, ist dagegen selten. Dem Artikel sind der Datensatz und der Code beigefügt, um die Überprüfung, Replikation und Erweiterung dieser Forschung zu erleichtern.

Autor/innen-Biografie

Alon Lischinsky, Oxford Brookes University

Alon Lischinsky (they/them) ist Senior Lecturer in Communication & Discourse and der Oxford Brooks University. Alon Lischinskys Arbeit verwendet Korpus-, Diskurs- und Erzählmethoden, um zu untersuchen, wie Menschen über sexuelle Identität, Begehren und Beziehungen sprechen.

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Lischinsky, A. (2025). “Cheating, no matter how you try to dress it up”. Zeitungsberichterstattung über Polyamorie, 1994–2023. Open Gender Journal, 9. https://doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2025.282

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