The Disabled, the Media, and the Information Age - (Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications) by Jack a Nelson (Hardcover)

About the Book

How have disabled Americans been portrayed by the media through the years and how are images and the role of the handicapped changing? Jack Nelson and a series of experts in communication and the disabled offer an easy-to-read overview of key issues, continuing problems, new opportunities, and new technological tools. Professionals and teachers in communication, along with experts and general readers interested in public policy and social issues, will find this short study, with its illustrations, descriptions and lists of organizations and its bibliographical materials, a handy reference.

Book Synopsis

How have disabled Americans been portrayed by the media through the years and how are images and the role of the handicapped changing? Jack Nelson and a series of experts in communication and the disabled offer an easy-to-read overview of key issues, continuing problems, new opportunities, and new technological tools. Professionals and teachers in communication, along with experts and general readers interested in public policy and social issues, will find this short study, with its illustrations, descriptions and lists of organizations and its bibliographical materials, a handy reference.

Review Quotes

.,."highly readable presentation of the issues with plenty of practical examples. The book is highly recommended to anyone interested in media studies, people with disabilities and social issues."-Australian Library Review

?...highly readable presentation of the issues with plenty of practical examples. The book is highly recommended to anyone interested in media studies, people with disabilities and social issues.?-Australian Library Review

?Recommended for journalism collections and libraries that specialize in disabilities issues.?-Choice

?The Disabled, the Media and the Information Age offers a useful and informative collection of observations about the often uneasy relationship between the disability community and the mass media. For the growing number of academicians and students interested in disability issues, this volume is a helpful resource; for media practitioners, this book might even enable breakthroughs in understanding.?-Disability Studies Quarterly

..."highly readable presentation of the issues with plenty of practical examples. The book is highly recommended to anyone interested in media studies, people with disabilities and social issues."-Australian Library Review

"Recommended for journalism collections and libraries that specialize in disabilities issues."-Choice

"The Disabled, the Media and the Information Age offers a useful and informative collection of observations about the often uneasy relationship between the disability community and the mass media. For the growing number of academicians and students interested in disability issues, this volume is a helpful resource; for media practitioners, this book might even enable breakthroughs in understanding."-Disability Studies Quarterly

About the Author

JACK A. NELSON, Associate Professor, Department of Communications, Brigham Young University, has written at length and broadly in the field of communications and the humanities and in history. He has taught at the California State University at Humboldt and the University of Utah. He has worked as a reported for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City and since 1981 has served as part-time Utah editor for Western Outdoors Magazine. His doctorate is from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He has been a paraplegic since the age of 17.