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Dementia-friendly design of television news broadcasts

Funnell, L; Garriock, I; Shirley, BG; Williamson, T

Authors

L Funnell

I Garriock

T Williamson



Abstract


Purpose - To understand factors that affect viewing of television news programmes by people living with dementia; to identify dementia-friendly design principles for television news programmes and factors for personalising object-based media broadcast.
Design - Public involvement comprising two discussion groups with people with dementia and family carers informed the study design and provided supplementary secondary data. Primary data collection comprised a focus group interview with people with dementia (n=4) and family carers (n=4). Past viewing experiences and perceived barriers and facilitators to viewing television were explored. Participants commented on an array of video clips comprising varying segments of fictional news programmes, plus control versions of each segment.
Findings - Four themes were identified: Content (general comments, context, type of media and pace); Presenter (body language, clothing and accent); Background (location and studio appearance); Technical aspects (graphics, sound, colours, camera, transitions, general issues).
Research limitations - Limitations included modest sample size
Practical implications - Measures ensured research involvement and participation was made accessible to people living with dementia.
Social implications - Participants benefited from sharing views with peers and expressed enhanced wellbeing from knowing their participation could lead to improved television viewing, an important social occupation, for people with dementia in the future.
Originality/value - This study is the first to be published which focuses on dementia-friendly television news programmes.
Paper type - Research study

Citation

Funnell, L., Garriock, I., Shirley, B., & Williamson, T. (2019). Dementia-friendly design of television news broadcasts. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 13(3), 137-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-02-2018-0009

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 13, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 18, 2019
Publication Date Sep 16, 2019
Deposit Date Sep 3, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jun 21, 2019
Journal Journal of Enabling Technologies
Print ISSN 2398-6263
Publisher Emerald
Volume 13
Issue 3
Pages 137-149
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-02-2018-0009
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-02-2018-0009
Related Public URLs https://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/jet

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