Disability and New Media

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...

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Main Authors Ellis, Katie, Kent, Mike
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2011
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesRoutledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
Subjects
Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities
Assistive computer technology
Disability Studies
Disability Studies - Sociology
New Media
Social Networking
Virtual Worlds
Web 2.0
Web Usability
World Wide Web & Internet
DDA
Common Information Space
Berners Lee’s Vision
Violates
Linden Lab
Accessibility Features
Early Web
WCAG
Common Language
Vision Impairments
Hearing Impairment
Accessible Twitter
Face To Face
Ajax
User Generated Content
Print Impairments
Accessible Facebook
Web Accessibility
Dmitry Sklyarov
Universal Design
Adaptive Technologies
Assistive Technology
ADA
DRM
Browser Wars
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Great Potential of Digital Technology -- Part I At the Crossroads -- 1 Universal Design in a Digital World -- 2 iAccessibility from iTunes 1.0 to iPad -- 3 Building Digital Stairways: Nice View, But What About My Wheelchair? -- Part II How Did We Get Here? -- 4 We Want You in Our Network: Universal Design v Retrofi tting the Web -- 5 (Physical) Disability is a Form of Social Oppression? -- 6 Does That Face-"Book" Come in Braille?: Social Networking Sites and Disability -- Part III Where to Next? -- 7 Avatars with Wheelchairs, but No Virtual Guide Dogs: Disability and Second Life -- 8 Challenges and Opportunities: The Road Ahead for Disability in a Digital World -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index