Media and Disability 2006 Abstracts
Media and Disability Interest Group
Advocacy oriented behavior and health care access: A conceptual model of health communication used in coordinating care for children with juvenile arthritis • Michael Grinfeld, Brian Hensel and Robin Hoecker, Missouri • JAHelp, a Web site development project (www.JAHelp.org), funded through a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, hypothesized that by providing parents, caregivers and others with the information they needed to advocate for children’s access to health care, self-efficacy and associated health outcomes would improve. This paper describes a conceptual model that argues that advocacy oriented access behavior can be encouraged through new media and constitutes a form of health care communication.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s silent campaign: Public communication regarding disability issues in the early 1990s • Julie Lellis, North Carolina • This paper describes the nature of a university’s efforts to communicate about the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in relation to the disability civil rights movement. Research was designed to review internal communication practices and news coverage at UNC Chapel Hill. Analysis indicates that a campaign to acknowledge not only the impact of the ADA in the early 1990s, but the importance of civil rights for the disability community, did not exist.
From invisibility to national symbol: Contrasts in Paralympic coverage around the world during 2004 • Nan Yu and Marie Hardin, Penn State • Previous research on newspaper coverage of the Paralympic Games has revealed framing that diminishes the sporting accomplishments of Paralympians and has instead presented them as pitiful in relation to able-bodied athletes. Further, analysis of (non)coverage of the Paralympics in the U.S. press has suggested that athletes with a disability are invisible in U.S. culture.
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