The Connection between Subjective Social Support and Self-esteem: A Study on the Relationship between Accessibility and Use Attitudes of Digital Media among the Visually Impaired People in China

LI Biao JING Tian GAO Linxuan

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2) : 81-106.

The Connection between Subjective Social Support and Self-esteem: A Study on the Relationship between Accessibility and Use Attitudes of Digital Media among the Visually Impaired People in China

  • LI Biao JING Tian GAO Linxuan
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Although the visually impaired benefit from digital media as a vulnerable group, they also face multiple and complex inequalities. This paper focuses on the relationship between digital media accessibility, perceived media discrimination and attitudes towards digital media use among visually impaired people in the process of digital media use and integration, as well as constructs a theoretical model among the three based on the SOR theory. The research found that the accessibility of digital media for visually impaired people was relatively high, but the service accessibility and technology accessibility still needed to be improved. Media accessibility positively promoted the digital media use attitudes of the visually impaired, and self-esteem and subjective social support played a mediating role. This paper holds that technology can’t play its role in isolation. Media, individuals and society are inseparable. Therefore, the real "accessibility" is based on the active selection of the visually impaired, the rapid response of the market and the creation of opportunities by the state. Research on media use of the visually impaired should also weaken its biological nature and highlight its sociality, so as to better "present" rather than "represent" this group.

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information accessibility / visually impaired group / media accessibility / media discrimination / self-esteem

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LI Biao JING Tian GAO Linxuan. The Connection between Subjective Social Support and Self-esteem: A Study on the Relationship between Accessibility and Use Attitudes of Digital Media among the Visually Impaired People in China. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2023, 45(2): 81-106

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This paper is supported by the key project of the National Social Science Fund of China “Research on Improving the Public Opinion Guidance Mechanism for Major Emergencies and Improving China’s International Discourse Power” (No. 20&ZD319), and the fund for building world-class universities (disciplines) of Renmin University of China (No. 20RXW160).
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