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UNINA9910792787203321 |
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Autore |
Alper Meryl |
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Titolo |
Giving voice : mobile communication, disability, and inequality / / Meryl Alper |
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Cambridge, MA : , : MIT Press, , [2017] |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-33735-5 |
0-262-33734-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communication devices for people with disabilities - Social aspects |
Voice output communication aids - Social aspects |
Assistive computer technology - Social aspects |
Sociology of disability |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Talking iPads and the partial promise of voice -- What is voice? -- Making a case for iPad cases -- What is a mobile communication device? -- The "fun iPad" and the "communication iPad" -- What is an iPad for? -- Augmenting communication with new media and popular culture -- What does it mean to communicate with an iPad? -- "You've gotta be plugged in" -- How do media shape understandings of the iPad? -- Conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How communication technologies meant to empower people with speech disorders -- to give voice to the voiceless -- are still subject to disempowering structural inequalities. |
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