Opiniones de los profesionales de la comunicación sobre el tratamiento de la discapacidad en televisión

Abstract

The attention paid by the Spanish mass media to audiences with disabilities remains limited, in a society where the number of people with disabilities reaches 3.8 million, representing 8.5% of the population. This study includes the opinions of seven journalists who work or have worked as directors, producers and/or anchormen of television programs focused on this specific audience. Analyzing their interviews, we provide a view of the media treatment of disabilities, the awareness of the audience and the role of the media related to social minorities. It also includes a portrayal of the Spanish television programming related to disability. The results show the existence of a greater compromise of the public media, which is committed to program spaces that encourage normalization and social integration of people with disabilities, even though it is necessary to have a more continuous and less episodic attention, and a greater journalistic specialization.