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Disability and the Internet : Confronting a Digital Divide.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, CO :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2011.
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| Colección: | Disability in society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Series page; Title page; copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ch1-Disability in the Internet Age; Structure of the Book; Conceptual Approaches to Disability; Disability in Society; The Language of Disability; The Language and Goals of Access; The Theoretical Approach of Information Worlds; Considering Disability and the Internet; An Individual Perspective; ch2-The Digital Divide: Historical and Legal Issues; Technological Change and Information; The Quest for Accessibility; Accessibility Laws and Standards; Gaps in Internet Access; Disability Among Access Gaps.
- The Law in the United States and Access GapsDisability Law and Internet Access Around the World; Industry, Internet, and the Law; Information Access and the Law; ch3-Barriers to Online Access: Personal, Public, and Professional Spheres; The Internet at Work and School; Disability, the Internet, and Employment; Disability, the Internet, and Education; Disability, the Internet, and Libraries; Disability and Online Social Activities; Online Social Interactions of People with Disabilities; Online Shopping and Other Forms of Entertainment; Government Online; Unequal Access to E-government.
- E-government and InaccessibilityIncreasing E-government Accessibility; Information Worlds and Life Online; ch4-Improving Accessibility: Technology Evaluation and Policy Reform; The Nature of Evaluations; Website Evaluations; User-Centered Evaluations; Designing and Conducting Accessibility Evaluations; Evaluations and the Future of Internet Accessibility; Who's Minding the Accessibility?; Making Online Accessibility Work; The Political Realities of Change; ch5-Identity and Advocacy: Possibilities and Impacts; Disability in the Media; Social Distancing and Disability.
- Identity and Representations of Disability OnlineBuilt for the Internet?; Organizing and Advocating for Disability Rights; Organizing and Advocating Online; ch6-Toward an Inclusive Internet; Accessibility and the Internet; Promoting Online Accessibility; The Accessible Future; Concluding on a Personal Note; References; Index; About the Book.