Missing Voices: Representations of Autism in British Newspapers, 1999-2008

Autor/inn/en	Huws, Jaci C.; Jones, Robert S. P.
Titel	Missing Voices: Representations of Autism in British Newspapers, 1999-2008
Quelle	In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39 (2011) 2, S.98-104 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1354-4187
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3156.2010.00624.x
Schlagwörter	Stereotypes; Autism; Developmental Disabilities; Discourse Analysis; Misconceptions; Newspapers; Social Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Content Analysis; Labeling (of Persons) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klischee; Autismus; Entwicklungsstörung; Diskursanalyse; Missverständnis; Newspaper; Zeitung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Negative Fixierung; Ausland; Inhaltsanalyse; Labeling-Ansatz
Abstract	Past research indicates that newspaper representations of developmental disability reinforce negative stereotypes. The aim of this study was to examine depictions of autism in British newspapers. A qualitative content and discourse analysis of newspaper accounts of autism was conducted over four 1-month time points, every 3 years, between May 1999 and May 2008. The analysis indicated that conceptualisations of autism could be categorised under three themes: missing voices; the burden of autism; and, sensationalising, misconceptions and misuse of a label. Autism was also portrayed in a standardised and homogenised way that failed to recognise human diversity, and the focus predominated on childhood and third-hand accounts of autism. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10