Athletes with disabilities in the Paralympic Games: a framing analysis of television news

Kim, Kyoung Tae; Lee, Soonhwan; Oh, Eung-Soo

doi:10.1080/23750472.2018.1445976

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“…, 2015; Pullen et al. , 2022; Silva and Howe, 2012), particularly in the context of Paralympics (Kim et al. , 2017), it is possible that Paralympic spectators can be inspired by Paralympians' achievement and root for their success.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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Assessing spectator motivation for the Paralympics: the mediating role of attitude

Kim

Park

Yoon

2022

IJSMS

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to examine the influence of para-sport spectator motivation on spectator revisit intentions and the mediating effect of attitude on motivation and revisit intentions.Design/methodology/approachThis study was conducted in the context of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games. A total of 350 respondents completed a survey. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to analyze the data.FindingsInspiration, supercrip image, physical skill/aesthetics, and social interaction had strong influences on attitudes toward Winter Paralympics, and attitude was also shown to have a strong impact on revisit intentions. The results also revealed the mediating effect of attitude on para-sports motivation factors (inspiration, supercrip image, physical skill/aesthetics, and social interaction) and revisit intentions.Originality/valueThis study extends the literature on para-sport spectator motivation. Although there are a few studies examining spectators' motivation to attend para-sport events, there is limited research on the relationships among motivation, attitude, and revisit intention based on consumer attitude theories. The results are valuable to sport managers in increasing the propensity of para-sports events by understanding the factors that lead to changes in attitudes and increases in future attendance.

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Assessing spectator motivation for the Paralympics: the mediating role of attitude

Kim

Park

Yoon

2022

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“…While Hall and colleagues are talking here about the language of racial stereotyping, these ideas apply equally powerfully to representations of disability, especially when these are communicated to the mega-audiences of a major sporting event. Another useful contribution to the media framing of para-athletes and the Paralympics comes from Kim et al (2017). Reflecting on U.S. television coverage of the Paralympic Games over a 20-year period, they demonstrate the prevalence of “episodic” over “thematic” media framing practices.…”

Section: Producing Disability: Medical Model Gender and Hero-combatmentioning

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Repurposing the (Super)Crip: Media Representations of Disability at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

McGillivray

O’Donnell²,

McPherson

et al. 2019

Communication & Sport

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Mega-events attract ever larger media audiences, and the 2016 Rio Paralympics were no exception. As audiences grow, media coverage extends to ever more varied domains, which are themselves then colonised by an increasing range of discourses. One of main discourses to develop since the early 2000s has been that of the so-called supercrip, one which challenges the notion of “impairment” often connected with disability by foregrounding the para-athletes’ triumph over adversity, celebrating instead their courage, grit, and perseverance leading to athletic success and personal and increasingly national prestige. In this article, we analyse the continuing importance of the supercrip discourse in coverage of the Rio Paralympics but also move on to highlight its tactical alignment with other—both competing and complementary—discourses of nationalism, sexualisation, militarisation, and celebritisation. We analyse textual and visual manifestations of these discourses using both critical discourse analysis and Foucauldian discourse analysis. We conclude by paying particular attention to the increasing visibility of discourses which, while acknowledging the potentially positive role of the supercrip discourse in focussing on athletic success, repurpose that discourse by foregrounding instead the day-to-day experiences of belittling misrepresentation and neglect, including political neglect.

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“…However, Paralympic coverage continues to lack in depth and breadth (Chang et al, 2011; Howe, 2008; Maika & Danylchuk, 2016). Studies highlight media frames of adaptive sports that make them appear as less than the real, normal, and less legitimate than able-bodied sports (Beacom et al, 2016; Kim, Lee, & Oh, 2017; Maika & Danylchuk, 2016; Misener, 2013; Rees et al, 2018).…”

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Uninspired: Framing Wheelchair Basketball and Able-Bodied Basketball in College News Sources

Watson

2019

Communication & Sport

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Guided by framing theory, this study identifies qualitative differences in the coverage of college wheelchair and able-bodied basketball teams. The sample consisted of 160 wheelchair basketball and 160 able-bodied basketball articles published over five seasons in seven online, student-led news sources at universities with wheelchair sports programs. This analysis contrasts previous studies of adaptive sports coverage, which focused primarily on professional journalists’ portrayals of the Paralympics. The framing of wheelchair basketball players as high-performance, physical athletes was scarce when compared to the coverage of able-bodied athletes. Overall, wheelchair basketball was portrayed as lacking legitimacy. When performance of wheelchair basketball players and teams was noted, references to performance statistics, emphasis on the physical and psychological demands of the sport, and the use of literary devices were scarce. In contrast, able-bodied players were framed as talented, legitimate athletes and warriors fighting important battles for their teams. Critical disability theoretical implications are discussed. A discussion of practical implications for adaptive sports journalists, student sports reporters, and collegiate wheelchair basketball concludes the study.

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Athletes with disabilities in the Paralympic Games: a framing analysis of television news

Cited by 22 publications

References 42 publications

Assessing spectator motivation for the Paralympics: the mediating role of attitude

Assessing spectator motivation for the Paralympics: the mediating role of attitude

Repurposing the (Super)Crip: Media Representations of Disability at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Uninspired: Framing Wheelchair Basketball and Able-Bodied Basketball in College News Sources

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