Content & character: Disability publications in the late 1990s

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dc.contributor.authorHaller, Beth A.
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Mass Communicationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-09T19:44:31Z
dc.date.available2021-06-09T19:44:31Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractDisability 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. These publications cover the issues that affect that community vigorously. They also fall into this category of media because of the historic discrimination and exclusion people with disabilities have faced in society, as well as the negative stereotyping they have received from the mainstream news media. Many people with disabilities have been isolated throughout U.S. history because of the architectural, occupational, communication, and educational barriers in society, but they still have played an integral part in the social and political development of the country. Their publications illustrate this. However, the publications of this community have never received much attention in mass media studies, even though many disability publications have a long history in the United States, with some that have been ongoing since 1907. Few mass communication scholars have analyzed disability publications at all or in any systematic Way. Therefore, this exploratory study fills that void by content analyzing a sample of the disability magazines, newspapers, and newsletters currently being produced (N=134). By assessing demographic characteristics of the publications, as well as looking as content issues, this study hypothesizes that many disability publications fall into Kessler's alternative press model of dissident media.en_US
dc.format.extent36 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2cbdt-swjs
dc.identifier.citationHaller, B. A. (2000). Content & Character: Disability Publications in the Late 1990s. Journal of Magazine & New Media Research, 2(1).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/21714
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communicationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Magazine & New Media Research;volume 2, number 1
dc.subjectDisability studiesen_US
dc.subjectMedia & society -- United Statesen_US
dc.subjectPeople with disabilities -- United Statesen_US
dc.subjectPublications -- United Statesen_US
dc.subjectDissident media -- United Statesen_US
dc.titleContent & character: Disability publications in the late 1990sen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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