The impact of humorous media on attitudes toward persons with disabilities

Smedema, Susan Miller; Ebener, Deborah J.; Grist-Gordon, Virginia

doi:10.3109/09638288.2011.645109

Cited by 23 publications

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“…A large number of correlational studies have documented an association between contact with people with disabilities and more positive attitudes, with many of these studies including employers (Hernandez et al, 2000;Ju et al, 2013;Scior, 2011;Smedema et al, 2012;Strohmer et al, 1984). However, experimental studies utilizing contact alone as a method to change attitudes toward people with disabilities have been less successful (Anthony, 1972;Donaldson, 1980).…”

Section: Attitude Change Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of a Brief Meeting on Employer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Intent to Hire

McDonnall

Antonelli

2019

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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We evaluated the ability of an intervention that consisted of a one-on-one meeting between a vocational rehabilitation (VR) professional and an employer to improve employer attitudes, knowledge, and intent to hire people who are blind or visually impaired. We evaluated the relative effectiveness of two approaches (dual customer vs. educational) and the impact of the VR professionals’ vision status (blind or sighted) on our primary outcome measures and on interest in follow-up. Participants were 59 hiring managers employed by a large company who completed measures at three time points: pre, post, and 4-month follow-up. We found that, regardless of approach used or vision status of the VR professional, the intervention was successful at improving employers’ attitudes, knowledge, and intent to hire. The educational approach resulted in increases in knowledge that were retained at follow-up, while the dual customer approach did not. Improvements in intent to hire were not retained at follow-up, suggesting that ongoing contact with employers will be beneficial to positively impact the hiring of people who are blind or visually impaired. These findings are particularly relevant given the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act’s focus on employer engagement for VR agencies.

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Section: Attitude Change Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of a Brief Meeting on Employer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Intent to Hire

McDonnall

Antonelli

2019

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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“…In the context of public engagement with serious social issues like global poverty, mediated comedy may play a distinct role, given the genre's ability to engage audiences in political and civic affairs (e.g., Feldman, ; Young, , ). Comedy's ability to attract attention (Eisend, ), break down social barriers (Smedema, Ebener, & Grist‐Gordon, ), open a gateway to learn more information (Baum, ), and encourage sharing with others (Campo et al, ) may help to mitigate some of the unique challenges of engaging publics in tough social issues like poverty. In fact, audiences that seek civically focused comedy and entertainment may do so for more than one reason—to be entertained and to make sense of serious information (Young, ).…”

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Storytelling for Social Change: Leveraging Documentary and Comedy for Public Engagement in Global Poverty

Chattoo

Feldman

2017

J Commun

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Narrative is essential for public engagement with global poverty. Stand Up Planet, a documentary about global development, was produced to evaluate the effects of a little-utilized nonfiction comedy narrative. Using a pretest-posttest experimental design, this study examines shifts in U.S. audience engagement with global poverty after watching Stand Up Planet, compared with a somber documentary, The End Game. Both documentaries increased awareness of global poverty, support for government aid, knowledge, and intended actions. However, Stand Up Planet produced significantly larger gains in awareness, knowledge, and actions; these effects were mediated by the narrative's relatability, positive emotions, and entertainment value. The End Game's effects were mediated by narrative transportation and negative emotions. Implications for narrative in social change campaigns are discussed.

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“…Both films were person centered. However, Smedema et al (2012) only collected posttest scores, which made the results questionable. Future studies can follow this track with a more solid design.…”

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Changing Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities Using Public Media: An Experimental Study

Webber

Romero

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Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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Historically, public media has tended to portray PWDs as being miserable, helpless, unstable, or even dangerous (Maki & Tarvydas, 2012; Safran, 1998). In response, a growing number of studies are emerging that target the effects of positive portrayals of PWDs through public media on changing individuals' attitudes. In a retrospective study, Farnall and Smith (1999) noted that participants who reported having watched television shows (e.g., Life Goes On) or movies (e.g., Rainman) that optimistically portrayed PWDs tended to be less likely to report feeling negatively 700820R CBXXX10.

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The impact of humorous media on attitudes toward persons with disabilities

Cited by 23 publications

References 45 publications

The Impact of a Brief Meeting on Employer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Intent to Hire

The Impact of a Brief Meeting on Employer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Intent to Hire

Storytelling for Social Change: Leveraging Documentary and Comedy for Public Engagement in Global Poverty

Changing Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities Using Public Media: An Experimental Study

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