Award Date
1-1-1999
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication Studies
First Committee Member
Richard Jensen
Number of Pages
74
Abstract
This study, exploring the messages of the disability press, also utilizes Marxist theory to explain empowerment in the disability community. Although Marxism has significant value for explaining disability oppression, Marx's theory of internal relations, describing an interconnected web of organizational structure and the accompanying relationships, sheds light on the political nature of disability empowerment. A world view characterized by an economic base and social superstructure models an intrinsically enmeshed impairment base and social superstructure model of disability. The covers and cover stories of Mouth, Mainstream, Ragged Edge, and New Mobility magazines are catalogued and a representative sample is analyzed in order to demonstrate the political nature of the disability community's empowerment.
Keywords
Disability; Press; Spin; Still; Wheel
Controlled Subject
Journalism; Social structure
File Format
File Size
1976.32 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
McCoy, Cindy Schwartz, "The disability press: A wheel still in spin" (1999). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 1027.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/g7xz-k2ur
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