Media and the israeli disability rights legislation: Progress or mixed and contradictory images?

Michal Soffer; Arie Rimmerman; Peter Blanck; Eve Hill

doi:10.1080/09687599.2010.505740

Media and the israeli disability rights legislation: Progress or mixed and contradictory images?

Michal Soffer, Arie Rimmerman, Peter Blanck, Eve Hill

Burton Blatt Institute

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Abstract

This article reviews and analyzes disability rights conceptualization and policy as reflected in the Israeli media after the enactment of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law of 1998. Media coverage is examined through review of studies conducted on the subject in Israel. A comprehensive review of the research literature reveals a discrepancy between the purposes of anti-discrimination legislation and policy and media reflections of disability, in which portrayal is primarily via a deviance lens. The discussion is based on the analysis of universal genesis of negative perceptions of disability, as well as on particularized culture bound meaning of disability within the Israeli symbolic framework.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	687-699
Number of pages	13
Journal	Disability and Society
Volume	25
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2010.505740
State	Published - Sep 20 2010

Keywords

Disability rights legislation
Media
Metaphors of disability
Portraits

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Health Professions(all)
Social Sciences(all)

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