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Cultural Disability Studies Research Network in association with Liverpool John Moores MA in Communication and Internet Studies 'Critical Internet Studies' Seminar Series present Theorising Disability in the Media Study Day Series A space for focused critical analysis and debate around disability, representation and the mass media Disability and the Internet: Access, Mediation, Representation Friday 5th December 2008 Liverpool John Moores University The CDSRN will be launching its new study day series with a symposium on Disability and the Internet held in conjunction with the MA in Communication and Internet Studies 'Critical Internet Studies' Seminar Series 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 Topics to include (but not limited to): Disability and Social Networking * Teaching Disability and the Internet * Autism and On-Line Advocacy Titles, abstracts for papers (250 words) or expressions of interest with a brief biography are invited for submission by 3rd October 2008. Papers from postgraduate students are especially welcome. For further details please contact: Irene Rose [log in to unmask] Future Study Days will include: Comedy * Television * Popular Print Fiction * Animation If you wish to register an interest for a future event, suggest a topic or host a study day of your own please email [log in to unmask]