Hasson Representing Youth with Disability on Television

Glee, Breaking Bad, and Parenthood
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4539-1811-1
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 23, 157 Seiten

Reihe: Critical Qualitative Research

Representing Youth with Disability on Television is a complex and multidimensional mainstream cultural discourse that examines specific stereotypes in fictional programming. The book draws attention to the group labeled as disabled, which is often marginalized, misrepresented, and misunderstood in the media, by analyzing the popular television programs Glee, Breaking Bad, and Parenthood. To obtain a more rigorous account of the way that youth (9–18 years of age) with disability are framed on television, this analysis examines the following issues: how research on popular culture is contextualized within social theory; the theoretical perspectives on representations of disability in popular culture; and the various contexts, genres, media, representations, and definitions of youth with disability in popular culture. The text also outlines the historical growth of disability, which is crucial for a discussion regarding the changing dimensions of popular culture. Critical hermeneutics, content analysis, and methodological bricolage are the mélange of methodologies used to closely examine the dominant models of disability (social vs. medical) used in the portrayal of disabled youth on television today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hasson, Dana

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: The Personal Is the Public: My Story – Mapping Out Disability – What Do Popular Culture, Television, and Youth Have to Do with It? – Youth Is Wasted on the Young and Other Myths About Popular Culture – A Methodology to the Madness – Game of Themes – 'Breaking' Down the Content – (Dis/Dys)abling the Truth: Findings and Implications for Pedagogy – Series Finale: Changing Attitudes and Perceptions Through the Media.

Über Autor(innen)

Dana Hasson (PhD philosophy of education, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University) is an educational consultant and school counselor for a non-profit organization. Her research interests include media literacy and critical media studies, critical disability studies in education, technology, and critical pedagogy.