Appendix 1: Coding Sheet

1. Coding unit ID

 

2. Title of Programme

 

3. Channel

 

4. Broadcast time (Weekend or weekday; hour of day broadcast)

 

4a. Is programme complete?

 

5. Duration

 

6. Programme Genre classified according to the system as follows

  • Drama
  • News/Current Affairs
  • Young People's
  • Comedy
  • Lifestyle
  • Music
  • Factual
  • Sports
  • Movies/Mini-Series
  • Other (Please Specify)____________________________

6a. If "drama" selected in previous question, specify whether:

  • serious drama (CSI, Wire in the Blood, Sopranos),
  • comedy drama (Ally McBeal, Sex in the City, Desperate Housewives)

    or

  • soap opera (Fair City, Coronation Street, .

6b. If "young people's" selected in previous question, specify whether:

  • cartoon (Rugrats, Transformers),
  • drama (Sabrina, The Teenaged Witch)or
  • mixed format (The Den/Going Live) serious drama, comedy drama or soap opera.
  • news

6c. If "lifestyle" selected in previous question, specify

  • chat/talk show (Late, Late Show/Oprah/Ricki Lake),
  • phone-in show (Liveline, Your call),
  • magazine show (the Afternoon show/Ryan Tubridy),
  • quiz show (Winning Streak/The Price is Right)or
  • "how-to" show (diy/gardening/cookery/house buying/house upgrading/makeover - Beyond the Hall Door/Ground Force/Rachel Allen/Location, location, location/Room to Improve/Pimp My Ride).
  • Infotainment.
  • Travel

6d. If "factual" selected in previous question, specify whether:

  • "straight" documentary,
  • nature programming or
  • reality programming.

7. Origin of production

  • A. Irish broadcaster produced
  • B. Irish independently produced/broadcaster commissioned
    Name of production company
  • C. Imported/purchased programming
    Country of origin______________________________
  • D. Co-production with Irish partner (state other countries involved).

8. Number of individuated characters in programme.

 

8a. Is the programme live action, entirely animated, or a mix of both? Self-explanatory

 

9. Does the programme refer to disability at any level or feature a person with a disability? If no, do not continue to the remaining questions.

 

10. Is the programming specialised disability-focussed programming, mainstream or an episode of a mainstream show focused on disability for its entire duration?

 

11. Does the programme include the presence of an individual with a disability (Yes/No). If "no", go straight to question 15, if yes proceed to question 12.

 

12. How many individuals with a disability are present?

 

12a. Does the programme feature people with disabilities who are not individuated but who are clearly present? If so go straight to question 14.

 

13. For programmes containing participant(s) with a disability, give a coding for each participant:

  1. Gender
    1. Male
    2. female
  2. Observed Age
    1. child (0-12)
    2. teenager (13-19)
    3. young adult(20-35)
    4. middle aged(36-50
    5. older middle-aged(51-65)
    6. elderly(over 65)
  3. Is the individual's disability:
    1. directly referred to (the subject of discussion)
    2. tacitly evident (character in wheelchair, using cane, speaking in slurred speech etc.)?
  4. Type of disability
    1. Vision
    2. Hearing
    3. Physical
    4. Mental Health
    5. Learning disability
    6. Other
  5. Level of appearance in programme (Coders should apply four metrics to determine the status of an individual on a given programme: Onscreen time, amount of speech/dialogue, role in developing the narrative and (although this largely applies to fiction) extent of character development).
    1. Major Role
    2. Minor Role
    3. Incidental/background
  6. Role Type
    1. Comedy
    2. Light
    3. Serious
    4. Mixed
  7. Is appearance:
    1. live,
    2. pre-recorded
    3. impossible to distinguish?
  8. Relevance of disability (if any) to role (e.g. extent to which the participant's disability was important to the programme item). (To determine how to code this, coders should consider the impact on the individual's role of removing their disability. If the individual's role is essentially unchanged then their disability is irrelevant, if their role would be substantially reduced by such a removal then their disability is relevant. If, finally, their role would essentially be reduced to nothing - i.e. they did not feature - then their disability should be coded as central.)
    1. Central
    2. Relevant
    3. Incidental
  9. Occupation represented
    1. White Collar
    2. Blue Collar
    3. Farming/extractive
    4. Retired
    5. Specify former occupation if stated_______________
    6. Health/Caring professional
    7. Political
    8. Travel/Leisure/Catering/Tourism
    9. Education
    10. Arts/Media
    11. Police/Emergency services
    12. Clergy
    13. Unemployed
    14. Unemployed explicitly due to disability.
    15. Under 16
    16. Unspecified (unable to code)
    17. Other (specify)
    18. Student
  10. Occupation represented for retirees
    1. White Collar
    2. Blue Collar
    3. Farming/extractive
    4. Health/Caring professional
    5. Political
    6. Travel/Leisure/Catering/Tourism
    7. Education
    8. Arts/Media
    9. Police/Emergency services
    10. Clergy
    11. Unemployed
    12. Unemployed explicitly due to disability.
    13. Under 16
    14. Unspecified (unable to code)
    15. Other (specify)
  11. For factual programming only state the participant's role (expert, elected representative, presenter, person with a disability, subject of the factual/current affairs item (Code 1-5))
  12. For factual programming only state the subject of contribution
    1. personal experiences
    2. minority issues
    3. discussion of political issues
    4. everyday topics such as cookery, gardening. DIY etc.
    5. gameshow contestant
    6. Other (please specify)
    7. Too brief to classify

14. For programmes containing non-individuated groups with disabilities, give a coding for the following questions:

  1. Level of appearance in programme
    1. Major Role
    2. Minor Role
    3. Incidental/background
  2. Role Type
    1. Comedy
    2. Light
    3. Serious
    4. Mixed
  3. Is appearance:
    1. live,
    2. pre-recorded
    3. impossible to distinguish?
  4. Relevance of disability (if any) to role (e.g. extent to which the participant's disability was important to the programme item).
    1. Central
    2. Relevant
    3. Incidental

15. For programming referring to disability as a discourse but NOT featuring any individuals with a disability code the following:

  1. Level of appearance of discourse in programme (Judged according to their onscreen time, dialogue/talking time, role in the narrative, character development.)
    1. Major Role
    2. Minor Role
    3. Incidental/background
  2. Discourse Type
    1. Comedy
    2. Light
    3. Serious
    4. Mixed

16. Relevance of representation to minority disability issues (e.g. lobbying/highlighting disability issues.)

  1. Does the representation of the person(s) with disability/the discourse around disability fall into any of the following stereotypical categories?
    • Pitiable and pathetic; sweet and innocent; a miracle cure
    • Victim or an object of violence
    • Sinister or evil
    • Faking injury; lazy
    • Atmosphere - curios or exotica
    • 'Super-crip'/ triumph over tragedy/noble warrior
    • Laughable or the butt of jokes
    • Having a chip on their shoulder/ aggressive avenger
    • A burden/ outcast
    • Non-sexual or incapable of a worthwhile relationship
    • Incapable of fully participating in everyday life
  2. Does the representation of the person(s) with disability/the discourse around disability discriminate against a particular person with a disability or is it prejudiced against people with disability as a group?