iTechnology as cure or iTechnology as empowerment: What do North American news media report?

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dc.contributor.authorHaller, Beth A.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Chelsea Temple
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Vishaya
dc.contributor.authorBlaser, Art
dc.contributor.authorGalliford, Lindzey J.
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Mass Communications and Communication Studies.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-14T21:21:48Z
dc.date.available2017-03-14T21:21:48Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWith 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 U.S. and Canadian print news media coverage of people with communication disabilities and iTechnology (Apple products), as well as other new tablet and smart phone technology, being used as communication devices. Using qualitative analysis, the project investigates media coverage since 2007, when the first iPhone was available, through 2012 (N=98). Themes evaluated in the stories were related to the medical model, the social model, and the Supercrip model, as well as investigating economic models related to the expense of and access to iTechnology. These media stories are rich texts that illustrate how news narratives about disability are changing, especially when disability stories intersect with the new hot topic of iTechnology.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v36i1.3857en_US
dc.format.extent21 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2FC27
dc.identifier.citationHaller, B., Jones, C.T., Naidoo, V., Blaser, A., & Galliford, L. (2016). iTechnology as cure or iTechnology as empowerment: What do North American news media report? Disability Studies Quarterly, 36(1). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v36i1.3857en_US
dc.identifier.issn2159-8371
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/3850
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOhio State University Librariesen_US
dc.subjectiTechnologyen_US
dc.subjectcommunication disabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectnews mediaen_US
dc.subjectautismen_US
dc.subjectsmart phonesen_US
dc.subjecttabletsen_US
dc.titleiTechnology as cure or iTechnology as empowerment: What do North American news media report?en_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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