| Voices of disability on the radio. | |
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PMID: 18432459 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: While much commentary exists in relation to the portrayal of disabled people in the media, very little research examines the talk itself in any detail. This paper examines the how people with communication disabilities and disabled people are dealt with in the talk of a radio programme about disability. AIMS: To show how the voices of disabled people, and in particular people with communication difficulties, are dealt with on a radio programme titled For and About People with Disability (http://www.rte.ie). METHODS & PROCEDURES: Analysis of 15 episodes of an Irish radio programme for and about people with disability called Outside the Box to identify frames governing the discourse. OUTCOMES & RESULTS: Three frames are identified: radio programme frame; presenter frame; and interview frame. Communication disability never appears as a topic in the radio programme frame. In the presenter and interview frames the presenter foregrounds medical aspects of experiences, asks questions that only seek factual information, and fails to respond to subjective aspects of disabled people's experiences. Analysis of the interviewees' responses show how they hold the floor and introduce subjective accounts of living with disability. CONCLUSIONS: Frame analysis reveals how disability (including communication disability) is dealt with in the talk of a radio programme for and about people with disability. There is an overemphasis on medical aspects of disability and a view of disability as a primarily physical phenomenon is broadcast. In spite of mainly medical/factual questions, interviewees manage to include rich accounts of their experience. People with communication disability are not included, possibly due to issues of intelligibility or lack of awareness. Speech and language therapists have a valuable role to play in terms of 'learning to listen' and 'helping to tell'. |
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Authors:
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Mary Pat O'Malley |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of language & communication disorders / Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists Volume: 43 Suppl 1 ISSN: 1368-2822 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Lang Commun Disord Publication Date: 2008 May-Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-24 Completed Date: 2008-11-13 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9803709 Medline TA: Int J Lang Commun Disord Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 18-29 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Speech and Language Therapy Department, Aras Moyola, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland. marypat.omalley@nuigalway.ie |
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Attitude* Communication Disorders / psychology Disabled Persons* Humans Interviews as Topic Radio* Voice* |
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