dear Subramani I am sorry I forgot to mention that the focus of her study is the entertainment media. perhaps that's the reason the serials are picked up for response. According to her, the storyline, the theme and the presence of disability component in these serials deserve a response/ reaction from the disability sector.
the moot question is, whether the media and entertainment channel represent the disability and the disable persons in the manner we as disable would like to be portrayed? would we as disable like to be asssociated with the traites displayed by the characters with a disability in any of these serials? are the attributes of disable character truely representative of our response to life, challenges, self concept and the like? do we as disable seek a specific response from our external surrounding which is present/ absent in the serial that can be objected to or pointed out? what is it about the disability and the disable person in these serials that we would like to be projected differently? PS even if you manage to review any one of the episodes I'm sure you can find sufficient stuff to be able to contribute to the study. thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Subramani L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 06:27 PM Subject: Re: [AI] disability and media > Dear Anjali: > > Though I would like to answer the questionnaire, the serials are quite > unfamiliar to me. If your friend wants some info on how persons with > disability are portrayed in news, I can help. Pl contact me off the > list. > > Subramani > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anjali > Arora > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] disability and media > > friends, > > a friend of mine is conducting some field research of responses about > how disability is represented in the electronic media. she has certain > set of questions which I am pasting at the end of this E-mail. > > i request you all to go through these and reply to me off the list. In > addition, the discussion if permitted by the moderator can be done on > the list itself. > > I see it as an opportunity to voice the manner in which disability and > disable are represented in the media-good or otherwise. say whatever you > like/ dislike, prefer or discard, want to change or undo. > > Please be as detailed in your responses as you want as there is no limit > of words. > Also, the responses are not going to be evaluated and you can say > whatever you feel-its perfectly right...its your personal view/ > response/ reaction/ opinion. > each of us can have different or diverse responses and each is equally > important and valuable. there is nothing like right or wrong. its > about how you perceive the representation. your view is important. > > I hope to receive many responses on these questions in particular and > relating to the issue if anyone has to say something more. > > list of questions: > > 1. Do you watch or have you seen any of these serials? > > -Sindoor > > -Dulhan > > -Saat Phere > > -Disha > > -Kkoshish ek asha > > -Astitva > > -Kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi > > -Mehndi tere naam ki > > > > 2. Can you recall any character with disability in these serials? > > > > 3. What disability was it? > > > > 4. Did the depiction of the disability and people's responses to it, > match you personal experiences? Can you explain your response? > > > > 5. Was the character with disability integral to the plot and story? > > > > 6. What there a justification for his/her disability in the storyline? > > > > 7. What did you like/dislike about the character. If you could change > something about the story or their traits what would they be and why? > > > > 8. With the frequency of characters with disability increasing on TV do > you think the media has fulfilled its responsibility towards the > disabled? > > > > 9. Is the representation inclusive and empowering? > > > > 10. Do you recall and instances where the portrayal was sensitive and > intelligent? Could you tell us why? > > > > thanks for your responses > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
