Saturday, June 19, 2010

New book on media & disability by Beth A. Haller

Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media, nonfiction by Beth A. Haller, Ph.D.

Towson University journalism professor Beth A. Haller's 20 years of research into disability and mass media inform this one-of-a-kind collection on advertising, news, entertainment television, film and Internet new media. Ideal for disability studies students and researchers as well as disability activists.

Available from The Advocado Press

213 pp. Softcover. $24.95 ISBN: 0-9721189-3-4
Copyright 2010
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Representing disability in an ableist world:
Essays on mass media

Table of Contents:


Chapter 1. The changing landscape of disability “news”: Blogging and social media lead to more diverse sources of information

Chapter 2. Researching media images of disability: How content analysis provides a method for assessment

Chapter 3. Changing disability terminology in the news

Chapter 4. Not worth keeping alive? New York Times narratives about assisted suicide

Chapter 5. Autism and inclusive education in the news media: A case study

Chapter 6. Disability media tell their own stories

Chapter 7. Pity as oppression in the Jerry Lewis Telethon

Chapter 8. The New Phase of Disability Humor on TV

Chapter 9. Media advocacy and films: The “Million Dollar Baby” effect

Chapter 10. Advertising boldly moves disability images forward