"Smashing through barriers"? A multimodal critical discourse analysis of media representations of hearing loss and D/deafness.

Fawcett-Jones S, Putland E, Calvert S, Broome E, Henshaw H, Dening T, Burgon C, Heffernan E

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342462
Published: 2026
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0342462,
  title = {"Smashing through barriers"? A multimodal critical discourse analysis of media representations of hearing loss and D/deafness.},
  author = {Fawcett-Jones S and Putland E and Calvert S and Broome E and Henshaw H and Dening T and Burgon C and Heffernan E},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PloS one},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0342462},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342462}
}

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AU  - Dening T
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S, F., E, P., S, C., E, B., H, H., T, D., C, B., & E, H. (2026). "Smashing through barriers"? A multimodal critical discourse analysis of media representations of hearing loss and D/deafness.. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342462

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