Previous studies have shown that bisexual women experience the lowest psychological well-being among the LGBTQ+ community. Bisexuality has been questioned as being a legitimized sexual orientation, both among the heterosexual group, as well within the LGBTQ+ community. Social media has brought on multiple benefits for LGBTQ+ people. One of those benefits is the ability to join groups specifically for LGBTQ+ people and in turn meet other people within the community. However, navigating some platforms have shown to be more problematic. Studies have shown that Facebook pose problems for LGBTQ+ people making their sexual orientation visible because of the different types of people that can partake in the content. The purpose of this study is to investigate potential differences or similarities between bisexual and lesbian women / nonbinary people's sense of security and attitude towards making one's sexual orientation visible on Facebook and Instagram. The study uses a quantitative method in form of a Google Forms survey sent out in Facebook groups, and published on Tumblr as well as on a Reddit forum. Hogan’s exhibitional approach is used as the study’s theoretical framework. The exhibitional approach focuses on how we modify our content on social media in consideration of the consumers, the algorithms and how our data is stored on social media platforms. There was a low response frequency among the respondents which led to a bias between the number of lesbians and bisexuals. The result showed that there wasn’t any statistical correlation between the variables visibility attempts of sexual orientation and being bisexual or lesbian. There was however a correlation between low identity uncertainty and being bisexual or lesbian. Studies on bisexuals show that there is a demand for continuous research on different aspects of bisexual women’s situation in society.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-98107 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Jansson, Erica |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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