Media Representations of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Irena Praskač-Salčin, Sabira Gadžo-Šašić

Abstract


Historical examples show and confirm the continued disenfranchisement of people with disabilities in all areas. In this regard, it is not a particularly different situation in the field of media representation of this marginalized group. A low level of awareness and knowledge about disability contributes to people with disabilities directly or indirectly discriminating, marginalizing, and at the same time creating unfounded attitudes, stereotypes, and stigma about them. Starting from the above, the text analyzes the current media presentation of persons with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The analysis included printed, more precisely the content of daily editions of Dnevni avaz newspaper in the period from April 1 to May 4, 2023, in which, in the analyzed period, a total of nine (9) topics were published. The contents of electronic media (Federal Television, Radio Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radio-Television of Republika Srpska, Radio-Television of Republika Srpska, Radio Republika Srpska) were also analyzed, and on which, in the period from 08 to 22 May 2023, nine (9) topics that directly or indirectly concern people with disabilities were presented in news shows. The research aimed to point out the inadequate approach to reporting on disability more precisely to point out that people with disabilities and topics important to them are marginalized in media content in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that they do not reflect the real-life conditions of members of that population.

Keywords


disability; people with disabilities; media; presentation; narratives

Full Text:

PDF

References


Adams, Lisa (2006), Disability in the press: How disability and people with disabilities are depicted in print media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia in 2006, Handicap International Regional Office for South East Europe, Sarajevo https://www.superando.it/files/docs/Informa zione%20SudEstEuropa.doc, pristupljeno 28. 04. 2023.

Brigs, Adam, Pol Kobli (2005), Uvod u studije medija, Clio, Beograd

Gadžo-Šašić, Sabira (2018), ˝Problemi socijalne inkluzije osoba s invaliditetom˝, Društvene i humanističke studije, 1(4), 87-108.

Gadžo-Šašić, Sabira (2020), Socijalni rad s osobama s invaliditetom, Fakultet političkih nauka, Sarajevo

Giddens, Anthony (2009), Sociology (6th ed.), Revised and updated with Philip W. Sutton, Polity Press

Kodeks o načinu predstavljanja osoba s invaliditetom u medijima (2012), Sarić, Zlatko (ur.), Švedska krovna organizacija unutar pokreta osoba s invaliditetom, http://www.myright.ba/uimages/Kodeks%20o%20nacinu%20 predstavljanja%20OSI%20u%20medijima%20MyRight.pdf

Kolašinac, Haris (2021), Osobe s invaliditetom kroz medijsku prizmu, https://globalanalitika.com/osobe-s-invaliditetom-kroz-medijsku-prizmu/

Leutar, Zdravka, Jelena Ogresta, Marina Milić-Babić (2008), Obitelji osoba s invaliditetom i mreže podrške, Sveučilišna tiskara, Zagreb

Quinn, Garard, Theresia Degener (2002), ˝The moral authority for change: Human rights values and the worldwide process of disability reform, u: Quinn, Gerard, Theresia Degener (eds.), Human Rights and Disability: The current use and future potential of United Nations human rights instruments in the context of disability, United Nations, New York – Geneva,13-28

Tatić, Damjan (2011), Zaštita ljudskih prava osoba sa invaliditetom, Službeni glasnik, Beograd

Šorđan, Zdravko (2008), ˝Teorija jaza znanja˝, Informatologia, 41(1), 56-59.

UN (2006), Konvencija o pravima osoba s invaliditetom

Urbanc, Kristina (2005), ˝Medicinski, socijalni ili neomedicinski pristup skrbi za osobe s invaliditetom˝, Ljetopis socijalnog rada, 12(2), 321-333




DOI: https://doi.org/10.51558/2490-3647.2023.8.2.711

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


ISSN: 2490-3604 (print) ● ISSN: 2490-3647 (online)

Društvene i humanističke studije - DHS is under the Creative Commons licence.