Disability Media Work

Katie Ellis is Senior Research Fellow and Convenor of the Critical Disability Studies Research Network in the Internet Studies Department at Curtin University, Australia. She has published widely in the area of disability, and digital and networked media, extending across both issues of representation and active possibilities for social inclusion.

• Chapter 1: ‘It’s hugely important’: The un/employment of people with disability in the media.- Chapter 2: The media industry is competitive and cut-throat: Taking a subject-centred approach to media education.- Chapter 3: Newsrooms to now media: Disabled journalists.- Chapter 4: The industry’s response: From broadcast to alternative and community media.- Chapter 5: A collective phew: Disability acting.- Chapter 6: Digital disability media disclosure: The business of blogging and web series diversity.- Chapter 7: Disability participation in the media: New directions for research.