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Disability and media literacy education and empowerment of disabled people
- Author
- Theodoto W. RESSA
- Year
- 2021
- Publisher
- NEW TRENDS AND PROMISING DIRECTIONS IN MODERN EDUCATION-NEW PERSPECTIVES
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- Abstract
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This chapter presents how media literacy education can correct biased
practices in the media realm to promote the welfare of disabled people
(Friesem, 2017). It dwells on the role and impact of media and media literacy
education on the lives of disabled people. Specifically, it examines the locus of
disabled people in the media to identify factors that hinder and enable involvement of disabled people in the media. Understanding how the portrayals
of disability in the media affect the disability community, especially learners
with disabilities, is critical in understanding ways that media literacy education
can contribute to the dismantling of institutionalized ableism and to the empowerment of disabled people. This can be realized when disability studies are
infused in media literacy education to promote individual transformation and
media industry and society reformation (National Association for Media Literacy Education [NAMLE], 2007). - Keywords
- Media Literacy
- Tags
- Media representation
- PGDMIL Course
- C03 – Audiences and Representation
- PGDMIL Block
- C03-B4: Inclusive Media Practices
- Has Part
- C03-U16: Disability Representation in the Media
- Corpus Status
- Pending Review