Restricted Access
Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation
$79.58
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2016
Summary
How reconsidering digital media and participatory cultures from the standpoint of disability allows for a full understanding of accessibility
While digital media can offer many opportunities for civic and cultural participation, this technology is not equally easy for everyone to use. Hardware, software, and cultural expectations combine to make some technologies an easier fit for some bodies than for others. A YouTube video without closed captions or a social network site that…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781479853434 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1479853437 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Ellcessor |
| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Imprint: | New York University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2016 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Postmillennial Pop |
Critics Review
“Restricted Access
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Elizabeth Ellcessor’s inspiring book Restricted Access: Media, Disability, and the Politics of
Participation lies at the intersection of disability, technology, culture, and bodies, and it raises new questions in these intersecting research fields. It is a timely and welcome work that fills in the research gap between disability studies and media studies.
Elizabeth Ellcessor
Elizabeth Ellcessor is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of Virginia and a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Miller Center. She is the author of Restricted Access: Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation and co-editor of Disability Media Studies.
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