disability

Question 1

symbolic annihilation

Answer 1

app-25% of adults are disabled, 2.5% of people in tv were disabled in 2013, impairment was main aspect of character rather than just playing a character
eval- slowly improving, sex education, avoids tokenism and portrays authentic and nuanced

Question 2

barnes, pathetic

Answer 2

pity in audeience, objects of charity
app- Roper, programmes like children in need keep disabled people in their place of reciepents of charity
eval- overgeneralises experinces, not all disabled are pathetic, independent and active

Question 3

sinister or evil, barnes

Answer 3

menacing, evil, dangerous, alleged dangers of mentally ill
app- horror films, frankenstein, use disabled people as killers or monsters
eval- some viewers may see portrayals as symbolic or fictional, not literal