Disability Media Studies
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1479849383 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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. About the AuthorElizabeth Ellcessor is Assistant Professor of cinema and media studies at Indiana University—Bloomington.Bill Kirkpatrick is Associate Professor of Communication at Denison University
Elizabeth Ellcessor is Assistant Professor of cinema and media studies at Indiana University—Bloomington.Bill Kirkpatrick is Associate Professor of Communication at Denison University.
The contributors consider disability representation, the role of media in forming cultural assumptions about ability, the construction of disability via media technologies, and how disabled audiences respond to particular media artifacts. Case studies include familiar contemporary examples—such as Iron Man 3, Lady Gaga, and Oscar Pistorius—as well as historical media, independent disability media, reality television, and media technologies. Necessarily interdisciplinary and diverse, this collection weaves together work from scholars from a variety of disciplinary homes, into a broader conversation about exploring media artifacts in relation to disability. 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 field of study, based in the rich traditions of media, cultural, and disability studies. The volume concludes with afterwords from two different perspectives on the field—one by disability scholar Rachel Adams, the other by media scholars Mara Mills and Jonathan Sterne—that reflect upon the collection, the ongoing conversations, and the future