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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459255103321

Autore

Ellis Katie <1978-, >

Titolo

Disability and new media / / Katie Ellis and Mike Kent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-83265-3

1-136-83266-1

1-283-04078-6

9786613040787

0-203-83191-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 172 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture

Altri autori (Persone)

KentMike <1969->

Disciplina

025.04087

Soggetti

Assistive computer technology

Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. At the crossroads: Universal design in a digital world ; iAccessibility from iTunes 1.0 to iPad -- Building digital stairways: nice view, but what about my wheelchair -- pt. 2. How did we get here?: We want you in our network: universal design V retrofitting the web ; (Physical) disability is a form of social oppression? ; Does that face-"book" come in braille? Social networking sites and disability -- pt. 3. Where to next? Avatars with wheelchairs, but no virtual guide dogs: disability and Second Life -- Challenges and opportunities: the road ahead for disability in a digital world.

Sommario/riassunto

Disability and New Media examines how digital design is triggering disability when it could be a solution. Video and animation now play a prominent role in the World Wide Web and new types of protocols have been developed to accommodate this increasing complexity. However, as this has happened, the potential for individual users to control how the content is displayed has been diminished. Accessibility choices are often portrayed as merely technical decisions but they are highly political and betray a disturbing trend of ableist assumption that serve to exclude people with disabilities.