Disability and New Media

• Main Authors: Ellis, Katie, Kent, Mike
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2011; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge 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

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...