The role of social media in the process of educating about disability

This paper is an attempt to discuss the need of educating about disability, either in order to increase the knowledge about this phenomenon or to eliminate the persistent social stereotypes and prejudices towards people with disabilities, which have been held in contemporary societies. The authoress formulates the hypothesis that development of the new information technologies and in particular – the social media – can raise the Polish students’ awareness of disability. In order to verify the above hypothesis an empirical study was conducted. The methodology of the research and the obtained results are presented in the article.

This paper is an attempt to discuss the need of educating about disability, either in order to increase the knowledge about this phenomenon or to eliminate the persistent social stereotypes and prejudices towards people with disabilities, which have been held in contemporary societies. The authoress formulates the hypothesis that development of the new information technologies and in particular – the social media – can raise the Polish students’ awareness of disability. In order to verify the above hypothesis an empirical study was conducted. The methodology of the research and the obtained results are presented in the article.