Disability Rights Advocacy Online: Voice, Empowerment and Global Connectivity

Disability Rights Advocacy Online: Voice, Empowerment and Global Connectivity

by Filippo Trevisan
Disability Rights Advocacy Online: Voice, Empowerment and Global Connectivity

Disability Rights Advocacy Online: Voice, Empowerment and Global Connectivity

by Filippo Trevisan

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Overview

Disability rights advocates in the United Kingdom and the United States recently embraced new media technologies in unexpected and innovative ways. This book sheds light on this process of renewal and asks whether the digitalisation of disability rights advocacy can help re-configure political participation into a more inclusive experience for disabled Internet users, enhancing their stakes in democratic citizenship. Through the examination of social media content, Web link analysis, and interviews with leading figures in grassroots groups on both sides of the Atlantic, Filippo Trevisan reveals the profound impact that the Internet has had on disability advocacy in the wake of the austerity agenda that followed the 2008 global financial crisis. In Britain, a new, tech-savvy generation of young disabled self-advocates has emerged from this process. The role of social media platforms such as Facebook in helping politically inexperienced users make sense of complex policy changes through the use of personal stories is discussed also. In addition, this book explains why British disability advocates adopted more innovative and participatory strategies compared to their American counterparts when faced with similar policy crises. This book reviews the implications of this unexpected digital transformation for the structure of the disability rights movement, its leadership, and the opportunity for disabled citizens to participate fully in democratic politics vis-à-vis persisting Web access and accessibility barriers. An original perspective on the relationship between disability and the Internet, and an indispensable read for scholars wishing to contextualize and enrich their knowledge on digital disability rights campaigns vis-à-vis the broader ecology of policymaking.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781317537052
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/14/2016
Series: Routledge Studies in Global Information, Politics and Society
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 268
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Filippo Trevisan is Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, DC, where is also Deputy Director of the Institute on Disability and Public Policy. His research interests include new media technologies, political participation, grassroots advocacy, disability and inequality.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Disabled People, Citizenship and New Media

Chapter 2 – Online Mobilisation in Times of Crisis

Chapter 3 – Keep Calm and Tweet On: British Disability Advocacy Goes Digital

Chapter 4 – Policy Issues and Storytelling on Facebook

Chapter 5 – Communication Flows, Leadership and The Emergence of "Peer-Mediated" Citizenship

Chapter 6 – One Size Fits All? British Innovators and American "Conservatives"

Chapter 7 – New Directions in Disability Rights Advocacy

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