Disability and the Internet: Access, Mediation, Representation 

Friday 5th December 2008
Liverpool John Moores University

Part of the Theorising Disability in the Media Study Day Series:
A space for focused critical analysis and debate around disability, 
representation and the mass media

The Cultural Disability Studies Research Network (CDRSN) 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 <a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0809%26L%3DMECCSA%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D435398%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>   

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 <a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0809%26L%3DMECCSA%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D435398%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dwindows-1252%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>