The Rhetoric of Disability on Instagram

A Post-Qualitative Photographic Analysis

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Keywords:

Disability, Social Networks, Digital Influencers, Photographs, Instagram, Inclusion, Digital culture

Abstract

Social networks, such as Instagram, have flourished samples of realistic images of disability produced by the group itself, offering a discourse that is different from the traditional one, more radical and diverse. This work, through a post-qualitative photographic analysis of 100 photographs from 54 Instagram profiles, seeks to define a new rhetoric of disability to update the rhetoric of disability proposed by Garland-Thomson (2001), but in the 3.0 web. The new classifications speak of emancipation, sexuality, happiness, super-capacity, rebellion and pride, in order to normalize the group and allow its inclusion and equality.

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2024-10-07

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Parra Gomez, S. (2024). The Rhetoric of Disability on Instagram: A Post-Qualitative Photographic Analysis. VISUAL REVIEW. International Visual Culture Review Revista Internacional De Cultura Visual, 16(6), 15–30. Retrieved from https://visualcompublications.es/revVISUAL/article/view/5318

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Vol. 16 No. 6 (2024)

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