The Representation of ‘Blindness’ on Moroccan TV Channels
Abstract
Moroccans with disabilities and specially those with vision impairment suffer from social exclusion that is mainly due to the negative representation that society fabricates and propagates about them. Films and tv programs partake in the manufacturing and spread of the negative social image that is responsible for the social isolation of the visually impaired. The paper studies moments of appearance of vision impairment in three Moroccan tv productions.. The findings of this study show that Moroccan tv channels deal with the issue of disability, particularly vision impairment, in an ableist and normalizing way that consolidates the negative stereotypical image about the disabled in general and the visually impaired in particular.
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