[Air-L] Disability and the Internet: Access, Mediation, Representation

[Adi Kuntsman]

Disability and the Internet: Access, Mediation, Representation
Friday 5th December 2008
Liverpool John Moores University 

The Cultural Disability Studies Research Network in association with
Liverpool John Moores University's MA in Communication and Internet
Studies 'Critical Internet Studies' Seminar Series presents a free event
hosted and funded by Liverpool John Moores University.

Launching the CDSRN's Theorising Disability in the Media Study Day
Series this event is the first of a series of study days providing a
forum for focused critical analysis and debate around disability,
representation and the mass media.

Providing an overview of research at the intersection of disability
studies and internet studies this event will assess the challenges and
advantages of the convergence of scholarly and activist perspectives in
internet production, practice and theory.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

Dr. Helen Kennedy - Institute of Communication Studies, University of
Leeds

Prof. Ben Light - IS, Organisations and Society Research Centre and
School of Media, Music and Performance, University of Salford

Dr. Peter Wheeler - Business School, Edge Hill University 

Panel presentations include: Disability and Social Networking * Teaching
Disability and the Internet * Autism and On-Line Advocacy * Embodied
Health Movements and On-Line Campaigning

Programme details available at http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91707.htm
To register for this event please contact info at cdsrn.org.uk.
Due to limited places early registration is recommended.


Cultural Disability Studies Research Network www.cdsrn.org.uk
MA in Internet and Communication Studies http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91514.htm 


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Dr. Adi Kuntsman
Lecturer in Internet and Communication
School of Media, Critical and Creative Arts
Liverpool John Moores University
Dean Walters, 1 St. James Road 
Liverpool, L1 7BR
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91728.htm