The Preferred User: How Audio Description could Change Understandings of Australian Television Audiences and Media Technology

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The Preferred User: How Audio Description could Change Understandings of Australian Television Audiences and Media Technology

Audio description continues to be unavailable on broadcast television in Australia, despite the technological capabilities to provide it and the existence of a federally funded back catalogue or ‘secret library’ of audio described television content. This paper reveals findings into both the amount...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kent, Michael, Ellis, Katie, Locke, K.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Cultural Science 2018
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69595

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