Disability and Digital Marketing

Edited by Niklas Vallström,Jonatan Södergren

ISBN13: 9781032690889

Imprint: Routledge

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Published: 13/06/2025

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Description
This book explores how digital marketing can drive disability inclusion in consumer culture by addressing accessibility, representation, and research methodologies. It offers practical and theoretical insights for academics, practitioners, and policymakers interested in marketing, communication, sociology, and public policy. The first section, Digital Marketplace Accessibility, examines strategies for reducing the digital divide, including inclusive hiring practices and accessible platform development. The second section, Digital Representation, focuses on how people with disabilities are portrayed in digital media. It analyses topics such as aesthetics, influencer marketing, mental health advocacy, and neurodiversity. The third section, Digital Methodologies, highlights research approaches like netnography and offers reflections on methodological challenges when researching consumers with disabilities. Contributors discuss practices for conducting ethical and inclusive research involving people with disabilities, providing a roadmap for scholars. This book encourages readers to reconsider disability as a complex and intersectional category. It inspires marketers, researchers, and advocates to adopt more inclusive and socially conscious marketing practices, ultimately contributing to a more equitable digital consumer culture.
Introduction: Disability and Digital Marketing Part I: Digital Marketplace Accessibility 1. Digital Divide for People with Disabilities: How Digital Marketers Can Develop Inclusivity 2. Inclusive Hiring: Harnessing Digital Interventions for Disability Inclusion Part II: Digital Representation 3. We Belong to Something Beautiful: Expanding Aesthetic Citizenship 4. Scroll and Share: The Influence of TikTok Influencers on Disability Visibility, Inclusion, and Digital Marketing 5. The Bad-Faith Argument Behind the Use of Digital Marketing for Neurodiversity 6. Examining Content and Engagement Strategies of Mental Health Influencers on Instagram Part III: Digital Methodologies 7. Netnography to Study People with Disabilities: An Interview with Robert V. Kozinets 8. Navigating Challenges and Opportunities: Methodological Reflections on Researching Consumers with Disabilities Part IV: Poetic Epilogue My Life on Earth
  • Disability: social aspects
  • Market research
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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