Meeting the superhumans : Channel Four, disability and the 2012 Paralympic Games

Channel Four’s media coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games is said to have delivered a seismic shift in attitudes towards those with disabilities. But why and how was a marginalised group brought into the mainstream by the media? What were the influencing factors and who made the decisions? B...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson-Brown, Carolyn Elizabeth
Other Authors: Klein, Bethany ; Thumim, Nancy
Published: University of Leeds 2018
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.749418