Author(s)

Sebastián Sánchez Castillo, María Teresa Mercado Sáez

Department of Journalism and Communication, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain.
Department of Theory Languages and Communication Sciences, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

This research will analyze the variables differentiating between the audiovisual television of the XIII edition of the Paralympic Games and the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, held in Beijing from the 7th of September to the 17th, 2008. This study will serve as a methodological basis for similar future research. By means of a qualitative and quantitative methodology, this study also focuses on determining if TV representations of Paralympic sportspersons favour their social integration or if, on the contrary, lead to higher stigmatization.

Paralympic Games Broadcast; Sport Society; Contents Analysis; Media Representation and Disability; TV Narrative

Castillo, S. & Mercado, M. (2014). Audiovisual Constructs of Paralympic Games: Scalarity and Camera Angle. Advances in Journalism and Communication, 2, 35-43. doi: 10.4236/ajc.2014.21004.