Media participation by people with disability and the relevance of Australian community broadcasting in the digital era
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Article Title | Media participation by people with disability and the relevance of Australian community broadcasting in the digital era |
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ERA Journal ID | 34647 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Stewart, Kim (Author), Spurgeon, Christina (Author) and Edwards, Niki (Author) |
Journal Title | 3CMedia |
Journal Citation | 9, pp. 44-63 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2019 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1445-971X |
1832-6161 | |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.cbaa.org.au/3c-media/all-issues/issue-8-%E2%80%93-october-2019 |
Abstract | It is misguided to assume that social media platforms compensate people who live with disabilities from exclusion from social life; participation in broadcast media still eludes 20 per cent of Australians who live with disability. Barriers such as costs, technological inaccessibility and social attitudes mean that digital media can fail to deliver opportunities for self-representation. The Australian community broadcasting sector has a positive history of affording marginalised groups meaningful opportunities for media participation, including people with disability, but there is scope for more to be done. Indeed, this article proposes that community broadcasting increase its relevance in the digital era by continuing to critically interrogate and improve its accessibility to marginalised groups. This line of thinking is informed by recent research (Stewart, 2019) that aimed to ‘listen’ to people with disability who are already active in the sector, as well as other related initiatives that facilitate increased participation of people with disability in the sector; hence, an illustrative case study of recent projects at 4ZZZ is discussed. |
Keywords | Community media; Digital disruption; Disability |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420318. People with disability |
470106. Media industry studies | |
390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q70vz/media-participation-by-people-with-disability-and-the-relevance-of-australian-community-broadcasting-in-the-digital-era
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