CREATING IMAGES OF PEOPLE WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES IN MASS MEDIA: PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS
Keywords:
Mass media. A person with a disability. Blind. Medical model. Social model. Author position. Integration. Society. A stereotype. Media image.Abstract
In this article, the contents of the mass media on the issues of persons with disabilities, especially the blind, are analyzed. The author proposed to develop a program of recommendations for journalists preparing material in the same direction in order to regulate the situation of interpretation in this type of content in forming the media image of blind people. This program of recommendations talks about the journalist’s authorial position, the words and phrases used by the authors in the materials, and the requirements for the selected subject areas.
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