Restricted Access: Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation

by Elizabeth Ellcessor

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479853437
• ISBN13: 9781479853434
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"