TY - JOUR
T1 - Who uses television captions, when, and why? Analyses based on the Australian Television Caption Users Survey
AU - Burnham, Denis
AU - Jones, Caroline
AU - Leigh, Greg
AU - Noble, William
AU - Brown, Helen
AU - Varley, Alex
AU - Green, David
AU - Goldfried, Jerry
AU - Tam, Helen
AU - Reid, Amanda
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Despite the popularity of television captioning among deaf and hard-of-hearing Australians and its utility for other sections of the community (e.g., second language learners of English), there is little systematic research on relevant factors in captioning and patterns of caption use. This paper reports data from the Television Caption Users Survey (conducted October–December, 2000), the largest Australian survey to date of caption users’ viewing habits and preferences. The results of this survey have not been previously reported beyond the submission of an industry report, but remain entirely pertinent to the current situation of caption usage in Australia and internationally. Results indicate that caption use is influenced strongly by functional hearing level and experience with captions, as well as by demographic factors. Possible underuse of captions by certain groups warrants further research both by survey and experimental approaches.
AB - Despite the popularity of television captioning among deaf and hard-of-hearing Australians and its utility for other sections of the community (e.g., second language learners of English), there is little systematic research on relevant factors in captioning and patterns of caption use. This paper reports data from the Television Caption Users Survey (conducted October–December, 2000), the largest Australian survey to date of caption users’ viewing habits and preferences. The results of this survey have not been previously reported beyond the submission of an industry report, but remain entirely pertinent to the current situation of caption usage in Australia and internationally. Results indicate that caption use is influenced strongly by functional hearing level and experience with captions, as well as by demographic factors. Possible underuse of captions by certain groups warrants further research both by survey and experimental approaches.
KW - television captioning (closed captioning)
KW - deaf
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/552656
U2 - 10.1179/136132810805335083
DO - 10.1179/136132810805335083
M3 - Article
SN - 1361-3286
VL - 13
SP - 135
EP - 144
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing
IS - 2
ER -