Disability and communication in the covid-19 pandemic

Gerard Goggin; Katie Ellis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_8

Disability and communication in the covid-19 pandemic

Gerard Goggin
, Katie Ellis

Nanyang Technological University
Curtin University

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Abstract

People with disabilities are an important, yet still a largely neglected, group in reporting, representation, and communication of health-related matters. The COVID-19 pandemic offers important lessons for our understanding of how communication was conceived and undertaken for and by disability communities. Drawing on disability media studies approaches, we explore the ways in which powerful ideas of disability shaped societal understanding and responses to COVID-19 and communication, and look at what kinds of communicative responses played out internationally. We argue that disability is not only important in its own right, but a necessary resource for rethinking and redesigning health communication in public health situations-and indeed for the ongoing conversation about the nature and horizons of health communication generally.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Communicating COVID-19
Subtitle of host publication	Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	139-162
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030797355
ISBN (Print)	9783030797348
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_8
Publication status	Published - 7 Oct 2021
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Digital technologies
Disability
Disability media studies
People with disabilities
Self-representation

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