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dc.contributor.advisorGonsalves, Joannaen_US
dc.contributor.authorCrowley, Sophia
dc.creatorCrowley, Sophiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-09T18:37:28Z
dc.date.available2022-09-09T18:37:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-01en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/2630
dc.description.abstractConsistent with the sociocultural model, consumption of popular media influences a community's thoughts, opinions, feelings, and actions towards groups of people represented. Because of this it is important that historically marginalized groups of people are accurately represented in the entertainment media. However, this is often not the case, especially in regard to the disabled community. To showcase the lack of representation a content analysis of 100 popular media sources with disabled characters was conducted. These sources were then analyzed to see the types of representation in much of the popular media of today, i.e., if characters were played by an actor with a disability or if the disability was a main plot point of the story. Along with the content analysis, ten qualitative interviews with people within the disabled community were conducted to learn about their views of disability representation, exploitation, and existing examples in the media. These interviews asked questions about their view of representation, exploitation, and opinions on the existing examples in the media. This research found that not only is there a lack of representation in the media, but a lack of accurate representation, and this is viewed as problematic by participants in the current study. This research provides guidance on how the entertainment industry can improve the representation of the disabled community.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleExploring The Line Between Representation And Exploitation Of Disabilities In Entertainment Mediaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.date.displayMay 2022en_US
dc.type.degreeBachelor of Science (BS)en_US
dc.subject.keyworddisabilityen_US
dc.subject.keywordrepresentationen_US
dc.subject.keywordexploitationen_US
dc.subject.keywordentertainment mediaen_US
dc.subject.keywordcharacter analysisen_US


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