Stereotypes Created Within the LGBT Community on Social Media and its Infect on Mainstream Society

A Case Study on the Pride Parade Tag and Its Social Media Discourse

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220704.215How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social Media; LGBT; Stereotype; Pride Parade

Abstract

This paper describes the social media stereotypes of the LGBT community and their impact on mainstream society from a sociological perspective. Images posted on Instagram about pride parades were selected for the study. The main research method was categorical sampling and data study. In addition, based on the findings of this study and the characteristics of mainstream society, it was further found that stereotypes within the LGBT community have a negative impact on the survival space of this population.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shiyun Yang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - Stereotypes Created Within the LGBT Community on Social Media and its Infect on Mainstream Society
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1186
EP  - 1189
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.215
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.215
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