Anjali. I no longer like such studies, I have been part of several such studies conducted by leading institutions like School of Planning and Architecture, IIT and IIMC, and I decide finally to discourage all such disabled based studies unless they are not restricted with in the confines of the book shelves. However, since you have asked I will suggest you to look for Access India archives. You will find a long discussion on this topic when the list was on free list.
If you and your friend want to see how an innocent looking depiction of the disabled can have dangerous ramification when considered with seriousness, listen/watch "Tom Dick and Harry". Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anjali Arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:13 PM 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.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
