Meryl
Alper
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Meryl Alper in the Press
America’s Children Are ‘Ready To Learn’ With PBS KIDS. Will the Trump Administration Listen? | Opinion
Op-ed by Meryl Alper, an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University.
CBC News
Bluey’s surprise new episode was based on this dad’s chaotic family camping trip
Meryl Alper, an associate professor in communication studies at Northeastern University in the U.S., tells us more about this charming blue heeler dog.
Prioritize Autistic Youth Mental Health Without Panicking Over Technology
Op-ed by Meryl Alper, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University.
I Gave My Child a Smartphone and It’s Been the Best Thing for Her
Meryl Alper, associate professor at Northeastern University, studies disabled children’s media use. She points out that the relationship between personal uses of screens and disabled kids can be very complicated. She says, “For some kids with attention and sensory challenges, a screen may be overly stimulating, especially after sundown, and disrupt a more natural bedtime routine. […]
Disabled Do-It-Yourselfers Lead Way to Technology Gains
Meryl Alper, assistant professor of communication studies at Northeastern University, argues in her book “Giving Voice,” that this app creates inequality.
Tech Republic
Microsoft’s new AI app to assist the blind could be a ‘game changer’ in accessibility
Meryl Alper, assistant professor of communication studies at Northeastern University and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, said she believes the app could be useful, even for people who are not visually impaired. “What is obvious to one person can be invisible to another,” Alper told […]
CBC Radio
Can technology really give a voice to the voiceless?
Assistive technologies are hailed as a way to “give voice to the voiceless.” But what exactly do we mean by giving voice? Meryl Alper is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University and the author of Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality. The book explores how that concept of ‘giving voice’ can […]
What ABC’s new TV series ‘Speechless’ can tell us about ‘voice’
There’s a lot of talk about the new ABC family sitcom Speechless, which premieres tonight. It marks the first time a network show will feature a lead character who uses an augmentative and alternative communication system (or AAC, as speech-language pathologists call it) instead of oral speech to express themselves. For many viewers, teenage J.J. […]
Tech Insider
If you have over 25 photos on Instagram, you’re no longer cool
“Even though it’s decades old, the work of Erving Goffman is still super relevant here,” Northeastern University professor Meryl Alper tells TI. Goffman’s work explores human behavior as a theatrical performance, with a front and back stage. A person acts differently depending on the audience, which Goffman refers to as “impression management.” And on Instagram, teens […]
