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The media coverage of SCOTUS’ LGBTQ+ cases: A study of ideologically opposed newspapers and the influence of the Presidential climate

Degraux, Emilie
(2021)

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Supervisors
Katherine Opello
Faculty
Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres
Degree label
Master [120] en communication multilingue, à finalité spécialisée: langues des affaires
Abstract
This thesis is about three LGBTQ+ cases of the U.S. Supreme Court that took place between 2003 and 2020, and the way newspapers reported on them. Focusing on a case about the right to privacy and two about the civil rights, I have compared how a Democratic affiliated newspaper, the Washington Post, covered the subjects to how a Republican one, the Washington Times, did. I pursued my research in order to understand the extend of the presidential climate’s impact on the newspapers’ way to report on the cases. To do this, I have analyzed the socio-political backgrounds of the case, but also the political endorsements of the newspapers through the years, and the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court during each ruling. I also tried to understand if time could change the newspapers’ reporting. The conclusion of my work showed that the political affiliation of a newspaper has only a limited impact on its reporting choices. Nevertheless, I was still able to prove that time did have an impact on the newspapers’ reporting.