Date of Award
Fall 11-11-1999
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department
Social Work
First Advisor
Edward Skarnulius
Second Advisor
Michael Schock
Third Advisor
Jeanette Sawin
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to develop a one day workshop for human service professionals which would help them to explore commonly held attitudes and values towards citizens with disabilities and heighten awareness of the impact of popular media, particularly film, in the shaping of such values. The framework is founded in symbolic interactionism with an emphasis on the following concepts: disability, handicap, mass media and the formation of culture. Th rough individual and group activities, lecture, analysis of film segments and overhead transparencies, workshop participants would expand their awareness and skills associated with citizens with disabilities and obtain useful working strategies that would assist participants to pro actively reduce the stereotypes I stigmas associated with inaccurate portrayals of people with disabilities.
Identifier
SC 11.MSW.1999.Peterson.DJ
Recommended Citation
Peterson, Debra J., "Development of a Workshop Exploring Physical Disability and Film Media" (1999). Theses and Graduate Projects. 749.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/749