Critical Analysis: Mair Vs. Media Depiction
Sarah Nicholson
Mrs. Bonica
Critical Analysis
Due Date: December 16, 2014
Mair vs Media Depiction Essay
What can one perceive when media talks about someone with disabilities? Sadness, angst, disgust…what? In Mair’s article, she she talks of how there is a drastic change in what media is doing to improve a viewer’s perspective of physically disabled people. In her article, she talks about how media is representing situations that shuts down any positive vibes from physically disabled.It not only makes the physically disabled uncomfortable, it makes them even more self-aware of themselves in society and on media. On both ends she also intensely talks about how the media has improved their approach to physically disabled and mental beings, reacted to these circumstances, and shared to …show more content…
Media hasn’t changed a bit on it’s aspects of physical and mental abilities. There are so many sources on media that overflow with commentaries on physically disabled people. Media’s interpretation doesn’t only affect a viewer’s perspective, it affects a physically disabled person as well. It makes it harder and harder for physically disabled to get a successful vibe from media if all they get are negative vibes. In a scholar’s essay written on Mair’s perspective, the scholar paraphrases the general perspective of media’s depiction of them, “Mairs argues that the invisibility physical disabilities in the media can cause people with disabilities to feel unattractive or inappropriate,” (Anaya, 48). The perspective of media may still be flawed, but there are people who are trying to change that. Para- Olympic athletes for example took a stand and were able to win over positive depictions instead of negative ones in the past. The para-olympics were associated with helping physically disabled athletes prove their
Mrs. Bonica
Critical Analysis
Due Date: December 16, 2014
Mair vs Media Depiction Essay
What can one perceive when media talks about someone with disabilities? Sadness, angst, disgust…what? In Mair’s article, she she talks of how there is a drastic change in what media is doing to improve a viewer’s perspective of physically disabled people. In her article, she talks about how media is representing situations that shuts down any positive vibes from physically disabled.It not only makes the physically disabled uncomfortable, it makes them even more self-aware of themselves in society and on media. On both ends she also intensely talks about how the media has improved their approach to physically disabled and mental beings, reacted to these circumstances, and shared to …show more content…
Media hasn’t changed a bit on it’s aspects of physical and mental abilities. There are so many sources on media that overflow with commentaries on physically disabled people. Media’s interpretation doesn’t only affect a viewer’s perspective, it affects a physically disabled person as well. It makes it harder and harder for physically disabled to get a successful vibe from media if all they get are negative vibes. In a scholar’s essay written on Mair’s perspective, the scholar paraphrases the general perspective of media’s depiction of them, “Mairs argues that the invisibility physical disabilities in the media can cause people with disabilities to feel unattractive or inappropriate,” (Anaya, 48). The perspective of media may still be flawed, but there are people who are trying to change that. Para- Olympic athletes for example took a stand and were able to win over positive depictions instead of negative ones in the past. The para-olympics were associated with helping physically disabled athletes prove their