Disability and the media : prescriptions for change / Charles A. Riley II.

Author/creator Riley, Charles A.
Format Book
Publication InfoHanover, NH : University Press of New England, ©2005.
Descriptionxviii, 258 pages : 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Spine title Disability & the media
Contents Heroes of assimilation : or how the media transform disability -- Whose life is it anyway? : the use and abuse of the disability memoir -- Getting it on paper : revising the disability story for the print media -- I'd like to thank the academy : losing focus on disability in movies and television -- And here's the pitch : how advertising uses disability -- Milestones, mixed messages, and missed opportunities : the unfinished business of the disability media -- We : the short happy life of an independent magazine -- "On the Web we're all equal" and other myths about disability and multimedia.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-244) and index.
LCCN 2004028282
ISBN1584654732 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV1553 .R49 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold