The politics of representing disability: exploring news coverage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the National Disability Insurance Scheme

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dc.contributor.authorBurns, Shawn
dc.contributor.authorHaller, Beth
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studiesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-13T16:07:59Z
dc.date.available2018-06-13T16:07:59Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractTwenty-five years on from the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), media representation of people with disability has become even more significant. More recently, the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia has placed people with disability, and the issues they face, at the forefront of political discourse. This study looks at the media coverage of the ADA and the NDIS as significant social and political landmarks in their respective countries. Using content analysis, this article explores how media representations of people with disability are substantial factors within social reform, societal inclusion and equal rights. Because of numerous barriers to participation in many countries, people with disability may only be known to the larger society through media representations. Disability rights-focused news coverage is important to a society’s awareness of disability issues, so this research contributes to a better understanding of how political issues regarding people with disabilities play out in two countries’ news media.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1326365X15604938en_US
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format.extent17 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M29C6S419
dc.identifier.citationBurns S, Haller B. The Politics of Representing Disability: Exploring News Coverage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Asia Pacific Media Educator [serial online]. December 1, 2015;25(2):262-277. Available from: Scopus®, Ipswich, MA. Accessed June 13, 2018.en_US
dc.identifier.issn23215410
dc.identifier.issn1326365X
dc.identifier.uri10.1177/1326365X15604938
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/10913
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTowson University
dc.relation.ispartofAsia Pacific Media Educator
dc.subjectAmericans with Disabilities Acten_US
dc.subjectNational Disability Insurance Schemeen_US
dc.subjectDisability rights lawsen_US
dc.subjectPolitical discourseen_US
dc.subjectMedia representationsen_US
dc.subjectSociety inclusion of people with disabilityen_US
dc.titleThe politics of representing disability: exploring news coverage of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the National Disability Insurance Schemeen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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