[ecrea] PhD scholarship - Disability on Television: Access, representation and reception

Please alert current honours students of the below PhD scholarship 
opportunity and note extended deadline of 21 November.



Call for expressions of interest
PhD Scholarship - Disability on Television: Access, representation and 
reception

Department of Internet Studies

Curtin University is looking for an outstanding scholar for a full-time 
PhD scholarship to work on a large-scale study of disability and 
television. The study aims to assess the mutually important areas of 
accessibility and representation to explore the importance of digital 
televisions to the social inclusion of Australians with disability. 
Using an innovative multimodal research programme the project leverages 
participatory media to gain new user centred insights. The project will 
also offer insights regarding newer forms of television through a 
usability analysis of the range of web-capable devices that can be used 
to access TV to discover whether they are more or less enabling for 
people across a diverse range of disabilities.



The successful applicant will be a full team member of an Australian 
Research Council grant that asks, ‘How does digital television create a 
social space for people with disability, when impairment makes watching 
television challenging and social stigma against disability is 
perpetuated through representation?' Possible areas of research include:

· Television accessibility

· The representation of disability on contemporary forms of television 
such as online streaming platforms

· The representation of disability (and audience response to it) on 
contemporary drama such as Game of Thrones

· The intersections between television representation and online discussion

· Employment of people with disabilities in television industries

The successful applicant will work with Dr Katie Ellis. Applicants with 
disciplinary backgrounds in media studies, disability studies, 
communications or the digital humanities are encouraged to apply. The 
award is to commence in 2015.

Value and benefits

The successful candidate will receive a stipend of $25,392 ( 2014 value) 
tax-free per annum which will be indexed annually for the duration of 
the award

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants should be enrolling 
full-time and possess the following:

· A first class Honours degree, research Masters degree or equivalent

· Strong research skills

· Experience working with people with disabilities

How to apply

See: https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarships/scholarship.cfm?id=1996

Further information

Please contact Dr Katie Ellis via email (Katie.ellis /at/ curtin.edu.au)

Applications Close: 5pm Friday 21 November 2014



Many thanks,

Katie

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