Two Recent Studies on Media Representations and Entrepreneurial Experiences of Disability

One of the studies was published in the journal Disabilities under the title Victims or Heroes? - Disability Representations in a Hungarian Online News Media Portal. In this article, the authors applied Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine how disability is represented in the Hungarian online news media. The research focused on identifying discursive practices on disability within a non-Western European context, Hungary. The study also explored how progressive policy changes and mediatized disability activism influence these media portrayals. The analysis was based on 481 disability-related articles published between 2019 and 2022 on 24.hu, Hungary’s most visited independent news portal.

The other study was published in the renowned Journal of Business Ethics under the title Pushed to the Edge? Entrepreneurs with Disabilities and the Post-socialist Experience of Ableism. Using a microhistorical approach, the authors investigated the narratives of Hungarian entrepreneurs with disabilities in the post-socialist era. The study focused on how ableism is manifested in their lives and how the legacy of state socialism shapes their experience of ableism.

Both publications offer important contributions to the fields of disability studies, media studies, and entrepreneurship research, particularly through their focus on the unique socio-political and historical context of Central and Eastern Europe.