Researching media participation by listening to people with disability

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11267985
AutoresKim Stewart (0000-0002-6228-5086, Queensland University of Technology), Christina Spurgeon (0000-0002-2686-921X, Queensland University of Technology, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume42
Fascículo6
Páginas969-986
Data de publicação2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0163443719890536
OpenAlexW2987112753
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas36

A significant body of literature examines the under-representation of people with disability in the media. In news and fictional portrayals, people with disability are often defined by disability first, their personhood second, perpetuating stereotypes of people with disability as different. Activists attempt to change how media portray people with disability. Less well-considered are the challenges of media participation. This article argues that the presence of people with disability in the spaces that comprise media institutions is also a necessary condition for social change, not just improved representation and participation. However, even in Australian community broadcasting, a sector founded in a normative policy commitment to democratising media participation, people with disability encounter a range of barriers to accessing the resources and spaces of community broadcasting. The Australian case study reported here supports broad consideration of how listening to the views of community broadcasting participants with disability contributes to improving their media presence

Active listening · Broadcasting (networking · Inclusion (mineral · Normative · Personhood · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Representation (politics · Social media · Sociology · Communication · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media