Dear Lauren, Important topic, which deserves attention -- as does the area of Deaf people and text messaging that Rich points to. So too does theorising the relationships between Deaf cultures and various communication technologies (esp. Internet and mobiles). Can I suggest that there is quite a useful amount of material on this topic provided by Deaf advocacy and research organisations themselves, esp. those who've been active around new media, telecommunications and Internet issues; also by disability technology specialist organisations who work in partnership with thems-- so tapping into these networks could be quite useful. For example, you could look at work that has emerged in the COST 219 and 219bis, and affiliated European research programs. Or work done by the National Centre for Accessible Media in Boston. A good article on the Australian experience is: Phil Harper, 'Networking the Deaf Nation', Australian Journal of Communication, 30.3 (2003): 153-67. An earlier version of this paper, which describes the research by Australian Association of the Deaf on which it is based, is at: http://www.crf.dcita.gov.au/forum_program_02.html In Christopher Newell and my 'Digital Disability' book (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), we discuss Deaf/deaf (or hard-of-hearing) issues and new media (esp. digital television), and present a theoretical perspective on disability & Deafness -- basically drawn from the emerging critical disability studies. We do have a chapter on Internet but it focusses on Blind use of the Internet. Best wishes with your work, Gerard Goggin
Dear AoIRers,
I'm looking for research about deaf/Deaf populations and internet use. I'm particularly interested in CMC (chat, IM, email, etc.), even more particularly of the linguistic persuasion, but simple discussions of usage or examinations from sociological, psychological, educational, etc. viewpoints would be great as well. You can email me off-list.
Thanks, Lauren
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