Role of Media for the Socialization of the Disabled Persons
Author : Dr. Goutam Majee
Abstract :
Today media is not confined to the Radio, Television and Newspaper. After the invention of Internet and World Wide Web (www) revolutionize the media world in the late 1990s. Now we live in the era of Information and Technology. The Digital media and new media be in command of our society and culture. Most of the people are attached with the Social media. So social acceptance of media is no doubt very influential. On the other hand Disabled people are the most neglected in our society. They are burden for our society from the time immemorial. But the development of Internet, IT and Social media somehow change the shrewd idea of the social exclusion of disabled people. Disabled people can be categorized in to social, medical and religious term. They are commonly either hero, or villain, or victims to our society. The common people do not feel them as equal as another. The United Nations took great initiatives through UNISEF, WHO, UNESCO, WB like ‘MDG’ for the inclusion of disabled people all over the world. There are many rules and regulations like, PWD-1995 and RPWD Act 2016 enacted by the Indian Government for the inclusion of those disabled people in the mainstream society. There are a lot of guidelines in the National Education Policy, 2020 for widening the elementary, secondary and higher education among the disabled persons. But there are no remarkable changes in the social attitude towards them. Only media can alter these social taboos more effectively. The common people will not stigmatize and stereotype if the mass media takes initiative more actively. In this article, I will try to explore the role of media in response to the socialization of the disabled persons.
Keywords :
Media, Disability, Advertisement, Print media, new media, Social media, UNO conventions, disability laws.
