Paralympics and Its Athletes Through the Lens of the New York Times

The purpose of this article is to analyze the coverage of the Paralympics in the New York Times (NYT) from the first appearance of the term Paralympics in 1955 up to 2012. We analyzed a) the textual imagery (not imagery intrinsic to pictures) of the Paralympics and its athletes, b) the representatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeremy Tynedal, Gregor Wolbring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-01-01
Series:Sports
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/1/1/13