Where is Australia’s GLAAD? A case for establishing an Australian LGBTIQA+ Media Institute to improve diversity in screen media representation

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dc.contributor.authorKrikowa, Natalie
dc.contributor.editorBerry, Marshaen
dc.contributor.editorDooley, Kathen
dc.contributor.editorMcHugh, Margareten
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-20T09:23:43Z
dc.date.available2022-12-20T09:23:43Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAs screen studies scholars have noted over the past two decades, media representation is critical in being able to see oneself as important to society. In 2016, Screen Australia released the “Seeing Ourselves: Reflections on Diversity in TV Drama” report on the diversity in Australian TV drama. “Seeing Ourselves” paints a critical picture of the lack of inclusive storytelling on Australian scripted TV, suggesting that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual and other sexuality- and gender-diverse (LGBTIQA+) people were in fact not seeing themselves—that the representation was lacking diversity, inclusivity, authenticity and complexity. This article presents a case study of the GLAAD Media Institute and similar international organisations and imagines how a similar advisory and advocacy organisation could be established to support Australian screen practitioners and students in being more inclusive of LGBTIQA+ people in their screen stories. It highlights the necessity for, and benefit of, creating an independent organisation that could replicate GLAAD’s three pillars of training, consultation and research to improve the current lack of diversity—the ultimate goal of this organisation being to advocate for real and sustained impact, not just in Australian screen media, but in our local communities and society at large.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationKrikowa, N. (2022) 'Where is Australia’s GLAAD? A case for establishing an Australian LGBTIQA+ Media Institute to improve diversity in screen media representation', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 24, pp. 49-63. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.24.03en
dc.identifier.doi10.33178/alpha.24.03
dc.identifier.endpage63
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued24
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphavilleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage49
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13989
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.ispartofAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue24/HTML/ArticleKrikowa.html
dc.rights© 2022, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectLGBTIQA+en
dc.subjectRepresentationen
dc.subjectDiversityen
dc.subjectMediaen
dc.subjectAustraliaen
dc.titleWhere is Australia’s GLAAD? A case for establishing an Australian LGBTIQA+ Media Institute to improve diversity in screen media representationen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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