Репрезентация детского церебрального паралича в русскоязычном сегменте видеохостинга YouTube

Неофилология. 2023. Т. 9. № 2. С. 391–404.

Polyakova A. A., Argylov N.

Due to insufficient knowledge of the topic of cerebral palsy representation in the media

space, a content analysis of a video sample representing cerebral palsy over the past five years was

carried out. The study is based on the materials of the video texts selected from the video hosting

of the Russian-language YouTube. The main attention is paid to the topic, its role in building the

concept of selected stories, the social and psychological problems of this disease, as well as the

image of people with cerebral palsy, which is broadcast on the media resource. The predominance

of studio shooting of episodes was noted, which allows us to speak about the lack of demonstrat-

ing the everyday side of the life of people with cerebral palsy. In addition, the video only lists so-

cial and psychological problems, while the ways to solve them are not named. Emphasis is placed

on the success stories of participants with a high level of socialization. Less socialized respondents

are less common in the sample, and heroes with intellectual disabilities, in some cases concomitant

with cerebral palsy, are not shown at all.

Keywords: репрезентация, YouTube, детский церебральный паралич, русскоязычный сегмент