Representations of disability: a longitudinal study of the press

Authors

  • Maria João Cunha ISCSP/ Universidade Lisboa
  • Paula Campos Pinto Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP2017856107

Keywords:

Representações mediáticas, deficiência, direitos humanos, estudo longitudinal

Abstract

In this paper, we will present the results of a study on the social representations of disability found through media analyses of three information print media outlets in Portugal from 2009 to 2013. Quantitative analyses were conducted to assess news variables, disability variables and media awareness of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as the news framing mechanisms used. Qualitative assessments were also conducted on sampled articles to examine specific features in media discourse that enable and construct news framing. Implications of these results are discussed as a key dimension to understand the current human rights situation of persons with disabilities in Portugal.

Author Biographies

Maria João Cunha, ISCSP/ Universidade Lisboa

Sociologist

Assistant Professor

iscsp/Ulisboa

Paula Campos Pinto, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa

Sociologist

Assistant Professor

ISCSP, Universidade Lisboa

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Published

2017-07-26

Issue

No. 85 (2017)

Section

Artigos

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