Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore

This paper presents a quantitative content analysis of 10,473 comments from two opposing online petitions related to the legal status of a section of the penal code in Singapore used to ban sex between men. Results indicate numerous significant differences in how the two sides discussed the law and...

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Main Authors: Detenber, Benjamin H., Cenite, Mark, Zhou, Shuhua, Neo, Rachel L., Malik, Shelly
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
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Published: 2014
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1043872020-03-07T12:15:52Z Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore Detenber, Benjamin H. Cenite, Mark Zhou, Shuhua Neo, Rachel L. Malik, Shelly Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Public opinion This paper presents a quantitative content analysis of 10,473 comments from two opposing online petitions related to the legal status of a section of the penal code in Singapore used to ban sex between men. Results indicate numerous significant differences in how the two sides discussed the law and its significance. In particular, they used different types of arguments to support their views and expressed different kinds of concerns over the potential impact of changing or maintaining the law. The patterns of language use seem to reflect distinctly different approaches to the debate and suggest the difficulty of finding common ground amid this contentious social issue, but also reveal similarities to how Western cultures have framed the debate. Accepted version 2014-07-14T02:35:50Z 2019-12-06T21:31:48Z 2014-07-14T02:35:50Z 2019-12-06T21:31:48Z 2014 2014 Journal Article Detenber, B. H., Cenite, M., Zhou, S., Malik, S., & Neo, R. L. (2014). Rights Versus Morality: Online Debate About Decriminalization of Gay Sex in Singapore. Journal of Homosexuality, 61(9), 1313-1333. 0091-8369 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104387 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20164 10.1080/00918369.2014.926769 en Journal of homosexuality © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Journal of Homosexuality, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2014.926769]. 32 p. application/pdf
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Detenber, Benjamin H.
Cenite, Mark
Zhou, Shuhua
Neo, Rachel L.
Malik, Shelly
Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore
description This paper presents a quantitative content analysis of 10,473 comments from two opposing online petitions related to the legal status of a section of the penal code in Singapore used to ban sex between men. Results indicate numerous significant differences in how the two sides discussed the law and its significance. In particular, they used different types of arguments to support their views and expressed different kinds of concerns over the potential impact of changing or maintaining the law. The patterns of language use seem to reflect distinctly different approaches to the debate and suggest the difficulty of finding common ground amid this contentious social issue, but also reveal similarities to how Western cultures have framed the debate.
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Detenber, Benjamin H.
Cenite, Mark
Zhou, Shuhua
Neo, Rachel L.
Malik, Shelly
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author Detenber, Benjamin H.
Cenite, Mark
Zhou, Shuhua
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Malik, Shelly
author_sort Detenber, Benjamin H.
title Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore
title_short Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore
title_full Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore
title_fullStr Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in Singapore
title_sort rights versus morality : online debate about decriminalization of gay sex in singapore
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