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The news of inclusive education: a narrative analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2001-10)
This paper investigates a nationally publicized case in the debate over the best method of educating millions of children with severe disabilities. Using Fisher’s narrative paradigm, this paper analyses 4 years of the ...
Media labeling versus the US disability community identity: a study of shifting cultural language
(Taylor & Francis, 2006-01)
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 ...
Profitability, diversity, and disability images in advertising in the United States and Great Britain
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2001)
Stepping backwards with disability humor? The case of NY Gov. David Paterson's representation on "Saturday Night Live."
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2014)
In the modern era, discerning TV viewers know the shows that trade in cheap laughs by making fun of people with disabilities are not tapping into much creativity. So it was a surprise in 2008 when the highly regarded comedy ...
Are disability images in advertising becoming bold and daring? An analysis of prominent themes in US and UK campaigns
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2006)
Advertisements featuring disabled people have become more noticeable in the United States (USA) and Great Britain/United Kingdom (UK) in the last decade. The focus of this article is to qualitatively analyze a selection ...
Promoting disability-friendly campuses to prospective students: An analysis of university recruitment materials
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2006)
Estimates are that currently about 9 percent of students on college campuses have some form of disability. These students are all are supposed to receive accommodations on those college campuses based on Section 504 of the ...
iTechnology as cure or iTechnology as empowerment: What do North American news media report?
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2016)
With the growth of tablet technology as a communication method for many people with disabilities, the news media have created new narratives about disability, as well as reinforcing older narratives. This project evaluates ...
John Callahan’s Pelswick cartoon and a new phase of disability humor
(Ohio State University Libraries, 2003)
Images of Disability in News Media: Implications for Further Research
(1997-11)
Even in the 1990s, little research has focused on how local
media can more often and more accurately cover the disability community and
disability issues. Some positive news coverage arose in the late 1980s
because of ...
Content & character: Disability publications in the late 1990s
(Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2000)
Disability publications fit with other types of alternative or dissident media in U.S. society because they advocate on behalf of a distinctive U.S. group, which has come together to form a political and social community. ...