Professional and ethical violations in the media representation of the problems of people with disabilities

For citation: Istomina K. Professional and ethical violations in media representation of the problems of people with disabilities // Mediascope, 2022. 2. Available at: http://www.mediascope.ru/2774

© Ksenia D. Istomina

PhD student at the Chair of Digital Journalism, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, (Moscow, Russia), psy.ksenia.istomina@mail.ru

Abstract

The author investigates ethical violations in the domestic press in relation to people with disabilities. In the context of attention to the problems of social inclusion, the practice of four all-Russian newspapers and two specialized outlets for the deaf is studied on the example of a community of people with hearing impairments. Statistical, documented and theoretical sources are presented, which are used as the basis for empirical research. The article contains the results of analysis that covered a three-year time period – a total of 1146 journalistic texts. The author attempts to identify the causes of violations, assesses them in the context of the processes of humanization of media knowledge, and suggests solutions.

Key words: social inclusion, people with disabilities, deaf community, professional and ethical violations.

Notes

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Global'naya khartiya etiki zhurnalistov [Global charter of journalistic ethics]. (In Russian). Available at: https://ruj.ru/site/public/files/29/28448-dd45d2d6380d8b12f681181a8f1d3e93.pdf (accessed: 24.02.2022).

Naselenie Rossii: chislennost', dinamika, statistika [Russian country: population, dynamics, statistics]. Available at: http://www.statdata.ru/russia (accessed: 21.02.2022).

Obshcherossiyskiy registr grazhdan s narusheniem slukha [All-Russian index of citizens with hearing impairment]. (In Russian). Available at: https://www.rosmed.info/project?id=20 (дата обращения: 24.02.2022).

Prikaz Mintruda Rossii ot 14.01.2022 N 13n «Ob utverzhdenii professional'nogo standarta “Perevodchik russkogo zhestovogo yazyka”» [Order of the Russian Labor Ministry from 14.01.2022 N 13n ‘On approval of the professional standard “Interpreter of Russian sign language”’]. Zaregistrirovano v Minyuste Rossii 16.02.2022 N 67315. (In Russian). Available at: http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_409645/ff5b09d1d3cba8be855f4c658066544ad8704898/ (дата обращения: 04.10.2022).

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URL:  https://2017.perspektiva-inva.ru/language-etiquette (accessed: 23.10.2022)

URL: https://iz.ru/901390/2019-07-20/v-peterburge-muzhchina-izrezal-nozhom-glukhikh-passazhirov-metro (accessed: 21.10.2022).

URL: https://iz.ru/947309/2019-11-25/v-argentine-dva-sviashchennika-poluchili-sroki-za-rastlenie-glukhikh-detei (accessed: 21.10.2022)

URL: https://rg.ru/2017/09/21/v-ssha-policejskij-zastrelil-gluhonemogo-invalida.html (accessed: 21.10.2022)

URL: https://rg.ru/2018/05/16/reg-szfo/pochemu-v-peterburge-invalidy-po-sluhu-ne-mogut-vyzvat-skoruiu.html (accessed: 21.10.2022)

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