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    Media labeling versus the US disability community identity: a study of shifting cultural language

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    Haller, Beth A.
    Dorries, Bruce
    Rahn, Jessica
    Date
    2006-01
    Type of Work
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    16 pages
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    journal articles
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    Towson University. Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies
    Citation of Original Publication
    Haller B, Dorries B, Rahn J. Media labeling versus the US disability community identity: A study of shifting cultural language. Disability & Society [serial online]. January 2006;21(1):61-75. Available from: PsycINFO, Ipswich, MA. Accessed June 13, 2018.
    Subjects
    Americans with Disabilities Act
    US Disability Rights Movement
    Disability community
    Disability community and the media
    Disability and language
    Abstract
    This study examines disability terminology to explore how the news media frame cultural representations of the disability community. More specifically, the paper examines the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on journalist’s language choices about disability topics. A content analysis of news stories using disability terms in The Washington Post and The New York Times during the past decade was conducted. The paper illustrates that disability community identity continues to be formed, transformed and maintained through news media presentations of disability terminology. The paper argues that the US Disability Rights Movement had some success during the 1990s in putting forth language that advances its aims, though the study also suggests that some journalists continue to use terms that perpetuate limiting, narrow stereotypes about people with disabilities.

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    Towson University
    8000 York Road
    Towson, Maryland 21252

    Website:
    www.towson.edu

    Contact Info:
    azukowski@towson.edu
    410-704-5318
    http://libraries.towson.edu/md-soar


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.