Media and the Israeli disability rights legislation: progress or mixed and contradictory images?

Soffer, Michal; Rimmerman, Arie; Blanck, Peter; Hill, Eve

doi:10.1080/09687599.2010.505740

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“…It has also been argued that the media, in general, has a fairly static model for portraying disability [25], leading to polarised public interpretations, and also devaluing disabled people, causing low expectations and poor attitudes of the general public regarding the performance of disabled individuals [13]. Furthermore, these unrealistic images can lead to greater social distance between disabled and non-disabled groups [20] and marginalise disabled people in the community [12,26].…”

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Impact of a film portrayal of a police officer with spinal cord injury on attitudes towards disability: a media effects experiment

Reinhardt

Pennycott²,

Fellinghauer

2013

Disability and Rehabilitation

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Restrictions in participation may result from an interaction of persons with impairments with an environment that is dominated by negative attitudes towards disability The portrayal of disabled people in the media can influence the public's attitudes towards disability in both positive and negative ways In this experimental study, attitudes of the general public were significantly improved following viewing a short film featuring a positive media portrayal of a police officer with paraplegia.

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confidence: 98%

Impact of a film portrayal of a police officer with spinal cord injury on attitudes towards disability: a media effects experiment

Reinhardt

Pennycott²,

Fellinghauer

2013

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…In a formulation that is common journalistic fare in many world contexts (Soffer et al 2010), in Ukrainian newspapers people with disabilities are frequently positioned as 'heroes' who have been able (or are trying) to 'overcome' their disabilities. Profile subjects may be referred to as a 'heroine,' a 'knight,' or a 'living legend.'…”

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Representations of disability in print news media in postsocialist Ukraine

Phillips

2012

Disability & Society

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This article examines the narrative discourses that shape representations of disability in newspapers in postsocialist Ukraine, arguing that narratives about disability are linked to a meta-discourse of 'transition' that emphasizes disorder. Further, newspaper coverage prescribes competing and contradictory models of citizenship and personhood for postsocialist subjects living with disabilities. The article offers recommendations for improving press coverage of disability issues.

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Coming to terms with the imperfectly normal child: attitudes of Israeli parents of screen-positive infants regarding subsequent prenatal diagnosis

2018

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This study examines the interface between newborn screening and prenatal diagnosis from the point-of-view of parents of screen-positive children. Many conditions covered by newborn screening represent classic (autosomal recessive) Mendelian disorders. Parents of screen-positive infants therefore often come to learn that they are carriers of the disease, and face a decision whether to test for it in future pregnancies. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2015-2017 with 34 Israeli parents whose child was screen positive. Three major themes emanated from the parents' attitudes toward prenatal testing for the disease in prospective hypothetical pregnancies: rejection of prenatal testing for the disease associated with the screen positive, and relying instead on newborn screening to reveal if a future baby is also sick (18/34, 53%); support of prenatal testing to get more information (7/34, 21%) and support of prenatal testing in order to abort in case of a test positive (9/34, 26%). We discuss the importance of newborn screening for reproductive decision-making, highlighting the arguments associated with positive and negative parental views of the possibility of having another child with the same condition associated with the screen-positive of the child that had already been born. The conclusions challenge the common assertion that parents pursue the dream of the "perfect child" through prenatal diagnosis that "naturally" leads to selective abortion. The diversity of views expressed by Israeli parents of screen-positive children highlights the diversity of normative scripts of "genetic responsibility" in the context of parenthood.

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Media and the Israeli disability rights legislation: progress or mixed and contradictory images?

Cited by 19 publications

References 55 publications

Impact of a film portrayal of a police officer with spinal cord injury on attitudes towards disability: a media effects experiment

Impact of a film portrayal of a police officer with spinal cord injury on attitudes towards disability: a media effects experiment

Representations of disability in print news media in postsocialist Ukraine

Coming to terms with the imperfectly normal child: attitudes of Israeli parents of screen-positive infants regarding subsequent prenatal diagnosis

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