Recent newspaper coverage about persons with disabilities.
Newspapers are considered a powerful medium for developing public opinion about issues. In a representative sample of large-city newspapers, we found that three issues--budget, expenditures, or taxes; housing or normalization; and treatment in institutions--were the most frequently featured issues about persons with disabilities. The least frequently mentioned issues were school related, such as instruction, mainstreaming, and Public Law 94-142 compliance. A suggestion was made that if articles about special education are to appear in newspapers, special educators must develop strong relationships with newspaper reporters and their editors.
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Department of Educational and Community Programs, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing.
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D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004519:Education, Special; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D014481:United States