| Digital Disability: The Social Construction of Disability in New Media Contributor(s): Goggin, Gerard (Author), Newell, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742518442 ISBN-13: 9780742518445 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Media representation of and for the disabled has been recharged in recent years with the expansion of new media worldwide. Interactive digital communications -- such as the Interact, new varieties of voice and text telephones, and digital broadcasting -- have created a need for a more innovative understanding of new media and disability issues. This engaging analysis offers a global perspective on how people with disabilities are represented as users, consumers, viewers, or listeners of new media, by policymakers, corporations, programmers, and the disabled themselves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Computers | Human-computer Interaction (hci) - Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 2002009977 |
| Series: Critical Media Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.94" W x 9.1" (0.60 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Media representation of and for the disabled has been recharged in recent years with the expansion of new media worldwide. Interactive digital communications-such as the Internet, new varieties of voice and text telephones, and digital broadcasting-have created a need for a more innovative understanding of new media and disability issues. This engaging analysis offers a global perspective on how people with disabilities are represented as users, consumers, viewers, or listeners of new media, by policymakers, corporations, programmers, and the disabled themselves. |