Framing of the theme of the inclusion of people with disabilities at work by a wide-circulation newspaper in Parana state since 1991 until 2006

Abstract

Introduction

The inclusion of people with disabilities (PWDs) in a job is a long process, resulting from social movements initiated in the eighties, whose regulatory framework was the enactment of the Law 8213/91.

Objective

To analyze the framing of the phenomenon of inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace in the twenty-five years following the enactment of the law, in the main press media of the state of Paraná.

Method

Documentary research was conducted based on news related to the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace, published in the newspaper from 1991 to 2016. The texts were read by two researchers, being excluded those whose content was about reports and job offers. To characterize the framing of the newspaper, an analysis of the discursive content of the texts was carried out, organized by themes.

Results

Ninety-eight journalistic texts were found in the newspaper that met the inclusion criteria, being nine in 1999, the year with the highest number of publications. The analysis of the discursive content shows that the newspaper framed the issue of inclusion more as a problem for companies, adopting a discourse that points to the lack of qualification of people as a major barrier to inclusion.

Conclusion

The newspaper considers inclusion neither as a social right nor as a public policy that would aim to favor the achievement of full rights by people with disabilities.

Keywords:
Video-audio Media; Disabled Persons; Inclusion; Employment