Un/recognisable and dis/empowering images of disability : a collective textual analysis of media representations of intellectual disabilities
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- Susan Vertoont (UGent) , Tina Goethals (UGent) , Frederik Dhaenens (UGent) , Patrick Schelfhout, Tess Van Deynse, Gabria Vermeir and Maud Ysebaert
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- This paper introduces a framework of five consecutive but potentially intersecting tropes of representation of intellectual disabilities. The framework was developed in a post-qualitative manner by a researcher collective of people labeled with and without intellectual disabilities. As many existing disability media analyses have been reproached for being un-nuanced, elitist and reductionist, our approach and framework offer a more layered, ambivalent and complex interpretation of media representations of intellectual disabilities. More specifically, we unpack representations that (1) patronize people with disabilities, (2) consolidate, (3) deconstruct and (4) reconstruct the hegemonic order on dis/ability and (5) impose an ableist normalcy. Although the framework was developed by means of a collective textual analysis of a specific case, i.e. Tytgat Chocolat, a Flemish television series on people with intellectual disabilities, we argue that it also serves as a valuable starting point for further analysis of media texts on (intellectual) disabilities.
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- Communication, Intellectual disabilities, television, representation, textual analysis, disability media studies
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8724822
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- Vertoont, Susan, et al. “Un/Recognisable and Dis/Empowering Images of Disability : A Collective Textual Analysis of Media Representations of Intellectual Disabilities.” CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION, 2022, pp. 1–14, doi:10.1080/15295036.2021.1979239.
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- Vertoont, S., Goethals, T., Dhaenens, F., Schelfhout, P., Van Deynse, T., Vermeir, G., & Ysebaert, M. (2022). Un/recognisable and dis/empowering images of disability : a collective textual analysis of media representations of intellectual disabilities. CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2021.1979239
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- Vertoont, Susan, Tina Goethals, Frederik Dhaenens, Patrick Schelfhout, Tess Van Deynse, Gabria Vermeir, and Maud Ysebaert. 2022. “Un/Recognisable and Dis/Empowering Images of Disability : A Collective Textual Analysis of Media Representations of Intellectual Disabilities.” CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2021.1979239.
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- Vertoont, Susan, Tina Goethals, Frederik Dhaenens, Patrick Schelfhout, Tess Van Deynse, Gabria Vermeir, and Maud Ysebaert. 2022. “Un/Recognisable and Dis/Empowering Images of Disability : A Collective Textual Analysis of Media Representations of Intellectual Disabilities.” CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION: 1–14. doi:10.1080/15295036.2021.1979239.
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- 1.Vertoont S, Goethals T, Dhaenens F, Schelfhout P, Van Deynse T, Vermeir G, et al. Un/recognisable and dis/empowering images of disability : a collective textual analysis of media representations of intellectual disabilities. CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION. 2022;1–14.
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- [1]S. Vertoont et al., “Un/recognisable and dis/empowering images of disability : a collective textual analysis of media representations of intellectual disabilities,” CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION, pp. 1–14, 2022.
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abstract = {{This paper introduces a framework of five consecutive but potentially intersecting tropes of representation of intellectual disabilities. The framework was developed in a post-qualitative manner by a researcher collective of people labeled with and without intellectual disabilities. As many existing disability media analyses have been reproached for being un-nuanced, elitist and reductionist, our approach and framework offer a more layered, ambivalent and complex interpretation of media representations of intellectual disabilities. More specifically, we unpack representations that (1) patronize people with disabilities, (2) consolidate, (3) deconstruct and (4) reconstruct the hegemonic order on dis/ability and (5) impose an ableist normalcy. Although the framework was developed by means of a collective textual analysis of a specific case, i.e. Tytgat Chocolat, a Flemish television series on people with intellectual disabilities, we argue that it also serves as a valuable starting point for further analysis of media texts on (intellectual) disabilities.}},
author = {{Vertoont, Susan and Goethals, Tina and Dhaenens, Frederik and Schelfhout, Patrick and Van Deynse, Tess and Vermeir, Gabria and Ysebaert, Maud}},
issn = {{1529-5036}},
journal = {{CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION}},
keywords = {{Communication,Intellectual disabilities,television,representation,textual analysis,disability media studies}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{1--14}},
title = {{Un/recognisable and dis/empowering images of disability : a collective textual analysis of media representations of intellectual disabilities}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2021.1979239}},
year = {{2022}},
}
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