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media representations of disability - Coggle Diagram
media representations of disability
representations
Barnes
= identifying recurring stereotypes
SINISTER + EVIL - e.g. frankenstein, danger and violence
PATHETIC - encouraging pity in audiences, stir emotions
LAUGHABLE - seen as the fool, the 'village idiot'
BURDEN - helpless and having to be cared for by others
SUPER CRIPPLE - seen as brave and courageous, 'superhuman'
Watson, Philo + Briant =
increase in coverage BUT reduction in sympathetic coverage and more negative representations
A02
invisible disabilities like depression are reported on negatively
Williams-Findlay
= representations still show words like 'tragic' and 'afflicted' when describing disabilities
social constructionist approach
Shakespeare
= people are disabled by society
the disabled are rarely consulted by journalists (instead by doctors) and so representations are negative and therefore reinforce the 'low' status given to disabled people
medical professionals set the agenda for the media portrayal of disability - they are at the top of the hierarchy of credibility
symbolic annihilation
Cumberbatch
= most popular tv shows represented disability by 25%
Ofcom
= found that 22% of uk population is disabled but only 4% of advertisements feature disabled people
post modernist perspective
new media allows disabled people to organise their own representations using user-generated content
the medical meta narratives is in decline and the perspective that impairment does not mean unhealthy is increasing
this is reflected in more positive media representations, especially in the coverage of sport
pluralist perspective
media representations mirror social anxieties about impairments
therefore media portray the reality of everyday conditions of the disabled
e.g. that individuals experience it as problematic and abnormal
A03
it is argued that media representations of the disabled also reflect society's admiration of the 'courage' shown - especially if they are young
the dominant medical view is that disability is dysfunctional for both the individual and society