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Routledge Research in Disability and Media Studies

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Dedicated to a media engagement with disability, this series fosters critical, contextual analyses and cross-disciplinary examinations of disability from a media studies perspective. From mass media representations to the in/accessibility of digital media technologies, online spaces and adaptive devices, media is fundamentally significant to the experience of disability. Without being aligned to a specific theoretical or methodological approach, Routledge Research in Disability and Media Studies publishes monographs and edited collections that promote dialogues on central subjects, such as texts and meaning, the production of media texts, media audiences, digital media influences and media histories as well as the intersections between these different lines of enquiry in complimentary areas such as anthropology, design, performance studies, science and technology studies, music, and media advocacy/activism.

3 Series Titles


Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World

Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World

1st Edition

By Beth A. Haller
May 27, 2025

This book tells the stories of disabled people who have been influential in creating modern mass media.  Through the voices of key disabled media makers and collaborators, the author highlights the ways in which their contributions are changing society’s understanding of disability and shaping mass...

Representation of Disability in Children’s Video Games

Representation of Disability in Children’s Video Games

1st Edition

By Krystina Madej
May 27, 2025

Representation of Disability in Children’s Video Games looks at how children’s engagement with characters and stories in video games helps create the perception of disability they have as teens and adults. Drawing on child development theory supported by neuroscience, the book shows how the ...

Gaming Disability Disability Perspectives on Contemporary Video Games

Gaming Disability: Disability Perspectives on Contemporary Video Games

1st Edition

Edited By Katie Ellis, Tama Leaver, Mike Kent
December 30, 2022

This book explores the opportunities and challenges people with disabilities experience in the context of digital games from the perspective of three related areas: representation, access and inclusion, and community. Drawing on key concerns in disability media studies, the book brings together ...

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