MEDIA REPRESENTAIONS: DISABILITY 4

Question 1

equality act 2010

Answer 1

your dialled if you have physical or mental impairment, your impairment has a substantial long term adverse effect on your ability to do normal day to day activities

Question 2

social construction of disability:
bio media model

Answer 2

dialled by physical or mental impairment and need caring for, they are dependent on the able bodied

Question 3

social construction of disability:
social model

Answer 3

disabled people are disabled by society through prejudice and discrimination, reinforcing the belif they are dependent on the able bodied

Question 4

media rep: symbolic anniahlation

Answer 4

use of Abel bodied actors to play disabled characters, disabled showed in a deficit model( need pity) , one dimensional characterisation

Question 5

media rep: under rep

Answer 5

1 in 4 adults have a diabailty by only 1 in 20 covered by the disability discrimaitonsyr act

Question 5

media rep: tokensim- sancho

Answer 5

wheels chair used as an icon

Question 6

barnes- media stereotypes of disabled

Answer 6

pathetic, unable to participate in normal life, laughable, non sexual, burden

Question 7

Shakespeare

Answer 7

‘dustbins for disavowal’ society tries to ignore the disabled and in a. way try to deny their very existence. media stereotypes of disabled are crude , one dimensional simplistic. tv rarely portays disabled person as someone normal who happens to have impairment

Question 8

newspaper rep: willaims/findlay

Answer 8

content analysis of 2 uk broadsheets to see how representation of disability has changed
found stereotypical lang decreased, journalst still assume a disabled person is tragic and afflicted, not news worthy

Question 9

newspaper rep: Watson

Answer 9

compared tabloid coverage 2004-5 > 2010-11> found inc reporting on disability after equality act 2010 but decline in syamothisng ones, ported as welfare scourgers undeserving of benefits, inc in derogatory lang

Question 10

media disabiliytpariment : Glasgow university group> philo 1999

Answer 10

television/press reporting often focuses on violent incidents, high proportion of Abel bodied felt fear and anxiety when in proximity of those with mental health problems

Question 11

telethons: what is it?

Answer 11

televised event designed to raise money for charity, featuring mxi of entreatment and appeals for donations

Question 12

telethons: roper 2003

Answer 12

telthons can create problems fro disabled people> rely on children which ar not represneitive on the pop. implies that charities, not the gov should be repsonabile for funding disable.d aimed at public> to feel relief that they’ve done their bit

Question 13

telethons: karpf

Answer 13

telethons are for entertainment, not for informing the public, they are a need for charities, act to keep audience as givers, confirms their prejudices

Question 14

telethons: ross 1996

Answer 14

study of 384 disabled veiwers attitude to media rep of them, found they was very critical of it, objected to unrealistic and santized portable of disability. persistent use of wheelechair and guide dogs to denote disability

Question 15

theory: pluralism

Answer 15

rep reflect domain tveiws that disability is dysfunctional for the indiviauld and society. rep mirror social anxiety about impairment

Question 16

theory: social constuctionsim

Answer 16

impaired indisualds are disabled by society and mass media, media proffeisonals view on disability as unfortunate dependent, rarely consulted by journalist, rep reflect low status and exclusions in society

Question 17

theory: psot mod
gauntlet

Answer 17

understanding of health/ able bodied ins changing shown more positive rep eg sprot
gauntlet: can’t make genralsion, diff shows present disability in a diff way