Disability, the Media and the Paralympic Games - Paperback

by Carolyn Jackson-Brown (Author)

This book focuses on the ground-breaking coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games by the UK's publicly-owned but commercially-funded Channel 4 network, coverage which seemed to deliver a transformational shift in attitudes towards people with disabilities.

Author Biography

Carolyn Jackson-Brown is Senior Lecturer in Journalism & Sports Journalism at Leeds Trinity University, UK. Her research focuses on media production and representations of difference.