Research Catalog

Title

Representing disability in an ableist world : essays on mass media / by Beth A. Haller.

Author

Haller, Beth A.

Publication

Louisville, KY : The Advocado Press, c2010.

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Description

ix, 208 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Beth A. Haller's 20 years of research into disability and mass media informs this collection on advertising, news, entertainment television, film and Internet new media.

Subject

• People with disabilities in mass media
• Disabilities > Social aspects > United States
• Sociology of disability > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The changing landscape of disability "news" : blogging and social media lead to more diverse sources of information -- Researching media images of disability : how content analysis provides a method for assessment -- Changing disability terminology in the news -- Not worth keeping alive? New York times narratives about assisted suicide -- Autism and inclusive education in the news media : Hartmann v. Loudon County Board of Education : a case study -- Disability media tell their own stories -- Pity as oppression in the Jerry Lewis Telethon -- The new phase of disability humor on tv -- Media advocacy and films: the "Million dollar baby" effect -- Advertising boldly moves disability images.

ISBN

• 9780972118934
• 0972118934

LCCN

^^2010022441

OCLC

• 642351462
• SCSB-10873182

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library