Media language and the reinforcement of capacitist stigmas about people with disabilities

Abstract

The object of study of this article is to analyze, qualitatively, the discursive content of media language, based on a case study, which seeks to highlight the reinforcements of capacitist stigmas about people with disabilities. Therefore, the meaning of inadequate bodies is questioned to try to understand, as an objective, the relationship between prejudice and ableism. The relationship between media and disability is discussed, presenting specific cases of the use of narratives on the Razões para Acreditar website. The research problem is expressed by the guiding question of showing the tense relationship identified in the analyzed media discourse, in which the stereotypes launched about people with disabilities, instead of being deconstructed, end up contributing to express the social stigmas that reduce the condition of person, disability.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2023.006-102