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6. Who identified 3 broad categories of disability stereotype in cinemas (the criminal, the sub human, the powerless/pathetic character)??

  • Cumberbatch and Negrime
  • Ross and Sancho
  • Philo

7. What did Roper suggest about the effects of telethons?

  • can create problems for the disabled - telethons over rely on cute children, not representative of disabled people in UK - charities rather than government bodies provide funs, people rarely question why people disadvantaged in first place
  • they have no effect on the well being of the disabled
  • they make people aware of disabled and help them feel more sympathetic of their cause - increases awareness

8. Who found 6 stereotypes of disabled people?

  • Philo
  • Barnes
  • Roper

9. What did the GUMG conclude?

  • high proportion of able bodied sample felt fear and anxiety when in the proximity of people with mental health problems - media coverage convinced them that mental illness is associated with violent behaviour
  • low proportion of able bodied sample felt fear and anxiety when in the proximity of people with mental health problems - ignored the ideological message that mental illness was associated with violent behaviour

10. What is meant by the stereotype "as sexually abnormal"?

  • assumed by media representations that the disabled do not have sexual feelings/that they are sexually degenerate
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11. What is meant by the stereotype "as pitiable and pathetic"?

  • grown in popularity due to TV appeals such as CIN - regular feature of TV drama and news is to over focus on disabled children and the possibility of miracle cures
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12. What is meant by the stereotype "as an object of ridicule"?

  • disabled people are often laughed at in comedies
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13. What is meant by the stereotype "as sinister and evil"?

  • disabled people are often portrayed as criminals/monsters
  • (using this for definition purposes)