Commenters have expressed concern over media content related to military veterans, saying journalists fail to provide the public with an accurate understanding of what it means to be a veteran. Nevertheless, few studies have examined the representation of veterans in news media content. The present study analyzed 740 photographs shared by regional news outlets on the popular social media platform Twitter. Coders documented the representation of veteran groups (gender, race, and service period) and stereotypes concerning veterans (homelessness, charity, and trauma) in the images. Results showed that the photographs rarely communicated stereotypes about veterans. Photographs overrepresented female veterans, although male veterans remained the significant majority. Minority veterans were underrepresented. Photographs most often contained images associated with World War II.

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新闻照片中的美国退伍军人：表征和刻板印象

评论者对与退伍军人有关的媒体内容表示担忧，称记者未能让公众准确了解退伍军人意味着什么。然而，很少有研究调查过退伍军人在新闻媒体内容中的表现。本研究分析了地区新闻媒体在流行社交媒体平台 Twitter 上分享的 740 张照片。编码人员在图像中记录了退伍军人群体（性别、种族和服役期）的代表性和关于退伍军人的刻板印象（无家可归、慈善和创伤）。结果表明，这些照片很少传达对退伍军人的刻板印象。照片中女性退伍军人的比例过高，尽管男性退伍军人仍然占绝大多数。少数族裔退伍军人的人数不足。