Katie Ellis Livres

The book explores the paradox of digital design, highlighting how advancements in video and animation can inadvertently create barriers for users with disabilities. It argues that as the web evolves, user control over content display has decreased, emphasizing the need for disability to be recognized as a cultural identity alongside class, gender, and sexuality. The authors, Kent and Ellis, extend this discussion to contemporary Web 2.0 trends, including social networking, virtual worlds, and file sharing, advocating for a more inclusive digital landscape.

Exploring the intersection of popular culture and disability, this book analyzes how ordinary people's experiences challenge dominant societal norms. Utilizing critical disability studies, it examines various internationally recognized texts and objects, highlighting the potential of popular culture to subvert hegemonic structures and address issues of subordination. Through a detailed theoretical framework, it sheds light on the representation and significance of disability in contemporary culture.

Focusing on the representation of marginalized identities, this book explores how disability, obesity, and aging are portrayed in media, particularly in television and online forums. Through case studies from popular reality shows, dramas, and comedies in the UK, USA, and Australia, it highlights the symbolic power of media in shaping perceptions and reactions to these identities. The analysis reveals how societal attitudes contribute to the ongoing stigma surrounding these groups, emphasizing their status as 'spurned' identities in contemporary culture.

Focusing on the intersection of disability and media, this book explores how digital television influences access, representation, and audience reception for individuals with disabilities. It provides critical insights into the portrayal of disability in digital media, highlighting the cultural implications and challenges faced in achieving inclusive representation. Through scholarly analysis, it contributes significantly to the understanding of disability within contemporary television cultures.

An approachable but critical introduction to the complex relationship between disability and the media, bringing together prominent theoretical work and research on disability internationally, with analysis and examples of a range of contemporary media issues in news, the press, broadcasting and new media.