Introduces key ideas and offers a sense of the new frontiers and questions in the emerging
field of disability media studies Disability Media Studies articulates the formation of a new …

This concise, integrated introduction to the complex relationship between disability and the
media offers a roadmap to the key areas of participation, access and representation …

In the past decade, the mass media discovered disability. Spurred by the box-office appeal
of superstars such as the late Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Hawking, and …

Media representation of and for the disabled has been recharged in recent years with the
expansion of new media worldwide. Interactive digital communications--such as the Interact …

Disability in the Media: Examining Stigma and Identity looks at how disabilities are portrayed
within the media and how individuals with disabilities are affected by their representation …

Disability and media has emerged as a dynamic and exciting area of contemporary culture
and social life. Media—especially digital technology—play a vital role in disability …

Vulnerability is a topic of considerable and long-standing importance for understanding
media and its place in contemporary culture, social arrangements, and everyday life …

The representation of disability in the media in the last ten years is pretty much the same as
it has always been: clichéd, stereotyped and archetypal. Though it is not really disability …

This book interrogates trends in training and employment of people with disabilities in the
media through an analysis of people with disabilities' self-representation in media …

How reconsidering digital media and participatory cultures from the standpoint of disability
allows for a full understanding of accessibility While digital media can offer many …