Political Participation of Disabled People and Internet Tools

Disabled People, the Internet, and Political Participation Filippo Trevisan School of Social and Political Sciences University of Glasgow Email: f.trevisan.1@research.gla.ac.uk University of Leicester 16 March 2011

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True Inclusion? Participatory Research Findings: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Political exclusion of disabled people, some data: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Disabled people and the internet, research to date: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Time for a more complete picture: online tools vs. disempowering barriers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Internet use amongst disabled people, key data (1): ,[object Object]

Internet use amongst disabled people, key data (2): ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case Study 1: Disabled people’s ‘voices’ on the websites of Scottish disability organisations? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Member-led Groups ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Traditional Charities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Hybrid Bodies

Case Study 1: Disabled people’s ‘voices’ on the websites of Scottish disability organisations? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case Study 1: Disabled people’s ‘voices’ on the websites of Scottish disability organisations? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case Study 2: The “Barred!” Campaign

Case Study 2: The “Barred!” Campaign ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lessons learnt: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Towards a new strategy of investigation: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A three steps process: ,[object Object],Issue selection Identification of relevant actor typologies and selection of specific case studies Multi-method data collection and analysis 1 2 3

1. The case of anti-welfare reform campaigns in the UK ,[object Object],[object Object]

1. The case of anti-welfare reform campaigns in the UK: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2. Specific case studies: Digitally savvy Offline action Digital network Discussion forum Digitised activists Formal organisations

3. Multi-method analysis: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Preliminary considerations: The Broken of Britain ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Broken of Britain on Twitter: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Challenges for discussion: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Three options to measure the political efficacy of online action: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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