Research Article
Difable Literacy: Analysis of Difable Representation in Indonesian Media
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.30-7-2019.2287625, author={Hanna Nurhaqiqi}, title={Difable Literacy: Analysis of Difable Representation in Indonesian Media}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st Asian Conference on Humanities, Industry, and Technology for Society, ACHITS 2019, 30-31 July 2019, Surabaya, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ACHITS}, year={2019}, month={9}, keywords={representation difable literacy media inclusive}, doi={10.4108/eai.30-7-2019.2287625} }- Hanna Nurhaqiqi
Year: 2019
Difable Literacy: Analysis of Difable Representation in Indonesian Media
ACHITS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.30-7-2019.2287625
Abstract
Media play a role in creating the construction. Representation in the media which displayed continuously can be defined as a truth by the public. In this context, the media has a responsibility to the public in presenting constructions that are in accordance with reality without generating stigma and stereotypes. Otherwise, the media often display it continuously. Both in the online news and soap opera (sinetron) on television. While presenting about disability issues as empathic and submarginall objects rather than as equal public. Regarding the regulation of disability, the Difable entitled to be free from stigma. There should be an equal condition for every Difable person that has to be understood by non-Difable people. They (non-Difable) have the right to know the real condition without media exposure which stigmatizes about the disability issues. Studies on the representation of disabilities in the media are limited and need to be explored further on the disability as part of the public media. Using representational analysis and inclusivity in the media to examine the dynamics of Difable representation in Indonesian media
