수어방송에 대한 수어통역사의 인식 연구

Abstract

Sign language broadcasting plays an important role in providing comprehensive information for hearing-impaired people. Sign language translators are also professional communicators for hearing-impaired people, playing an important role in sign language broadcasting. Although the current sign language broadcasting is conducted according to the government regulations, it has not been working effectively. Employing Q methodology effective in analyzing human subjectivity, this study produced three major types of sign language translators’perceptions on the current sign language broadcasting. Type A can be defined as sign language translators’perception on the necessity to build up the infrastructure of sign language broadcasting. Type B represents sign language translators’perception on the specialization of sign language translators and sign language broadcasting. Type C can be interpreted as sign language translators’perception on the necessity of the legal, institutional and policy-level support by the central government. Despite some limitations, this study could compliment previous studies on sign language broadcasting. The results of this study can be a basis for enhancing the expertise of sigh language translators and a stimulus for the advancement of sigh language broadcasting.