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Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion. PID2019-110351RB-100/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. Maria Teresa Soto-Sanfiel

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Sanchez-Soriano, Juan-JoseAuthor

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Perceptions of Gay Stereotypes in Fiction and Their Relationship with Homophobia

Publicated to:Sexuality And Culture. 29 (2): 667-697 - 2025-04-01 29(2), DOI: 10.1007/s12119-024-10291-3

Authors: Soto-Sanfiel MT; Sánchez-Soriano JJ; Angulo-Brunet A

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Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Commun & New Media, Singapore, Singapore - Author
Open Univ Catalonia, Fac Psychol & Educ Sci, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Dept Journalism & Corp Commun, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This experimental study examines the impact of gay stereotypes on Spanish university students' attitudes. Five hundred thirty eight participants shared their experiences with gay individuals and completed a homophobia scale before or after viewing stereotypical and neutral depictions of gay characters. The findings reveal low homophobia levels and a preference for neutral portrayals. Realism, identification, and enjoyment influenced perceptions, along with interpersonal contact. Homophobia influenced familiarity and perceived accuracy of stereotypes. These results emphasize receivers' active role in interpreting LGBTQ + stereotypes in fiction, shed light on associated psychological processes, and highlight audience variability in susceptibility to such portrayals, contributing to stereotype and cultivation research.

Keywords

AttitudesCharactersChinesContactEmerging adultsExposureGay stereotypesIdentificationIntergroup contacIntergroup contactLesbiansMediaMediated contactPerceived realismTelevisión

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sexuality And Culture due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Cultural Studies. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-17:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-17:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 1.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Singapore.