Disability and the Internet in 2015: Where to now?

Earlier this decade, the emerging field of disability media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger’s Disability and the Internet in 2012 and Disability and new media by this issue’s editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field particular...

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Published inFirst Monday Vol. 20; no. 9; p. 1
Main Authors Ellis, Katie, Kent, Mike
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago Library 10.09.2015
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Disability
Disabled people
Internet
Web 2.0
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Summary:Earlier this decade, the emerging field of disability media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger’s Disability and the Internet in 2012 and Disability and new media by this issue’s editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field particularly Goggin and Newell’s 2003 Digital disability.This new focus incorporated changes to the environment with the hype around Web 2.0, the rise of online social networks and the increasing prevalence of smartphone and other mobile devices being used to access the Internet, as well as the evolving legal environment around access to technology for people with disabilities.Our aim in compiling this special issue was to continue the work we began with Disability and new media.
ISSN:1396-0466
1396-0466
DOI:10.5210/fm.v20i9.6163