Abstract
During Kamala Harris’ recent visit to Ghana, the issue of the rights of people who identify as LGBT in Ghana was raised at a joint press conference with the President of Ghana. At the conference, Kamala Harris commented on protecting the rights of people who identify as LGBT in Ghana. Her comments, which caught a lot of attention, were widely reported in the media. Thus, the current study investigates how the media framed and reported this issue as a way of analyzing the media's framing of LGBT-related issues in Ghana. Using framing and critical discourse analysis, the study revealed that three issues surrounding the joint-press conference attracted the most media attention. These included Kamala Harris’ comments themselves, the response of the President of Ghana on the issue, and the reactions of some members of parliament, particularly the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament. Three frames were found to be the main means through which the stories were reported. These included 1) the portrayal of Kamala Harris as an LGBT advocate 2) the labeling of Kamala Harris’ comments as undemocratic, 3) the president's response as unsatisfactory. The findings of this study have implications for media and sexuality studies in Ghana.
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Michael Asante Quainoo, Ankara University, Turkey
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Conference: KAMC2023
Stream: Gender
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Quainoo M. (2023) Kamala Harris in Ghana and the LGBT Agenda: An Analysis of Media Coverages of the Issue ISSN: 2436-0503 – The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2023.41
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2023.41
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