Disability and social media : global perspectives /
edited by Katie Ellis and Mike Kent.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 340 pages) : illustrations, map
- Interdisciplinary disability studies .
pt. 1. Advocacy -- pt. 2. Access -- pt. 3. Communications -- pt. 4. Education -- pt. 5. Community -- pt. 6. New directions.
Social media is popularly seen as an important media for people with disability in terms of communication, exchange and activism. These sites potentially increase both employment and leisure opportunities for one of the most traditionally isolated groups in society. However, the offline inaccessible environment has, to a certain degree, been replicated online and particularly in social networking sites. Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives yet the impact on people with disabilities has gone largely unscrutinised. Similarly, while social media and disability are often both observed through a focus on the Western, developed and English-speaking world, different global perspectives are often overlooked. This collection explores the opportunities and challenges social media represents for the social inclusion of people with disabilities from a variety of different global perspectives that include Africa, Arabia and Asia along with European, American and Australasian perspectives and experiences.
9781317150282 1317150287 9781315577357 9781317150275 1317150279 1315577356 9781317150268 1317150260
Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities.
People with disabilities--Means of communication.
People with disabilities--Social networks.
Online social networks.
Sociology of disability.
PSYCHOLOGY--Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Handicapped
HV1568.4 / .D57 2017eb
302.23/1087
pt. 1. Advocacy -- pt. 2. Access -- pt. 3. Communications -- pt. 4. Education -- pt. 5. Community -- pt. 6. New directions.
Social media is popularly seen as an important media for people with disability in terms of communication, exchange and activism. These sites potentially increase both employment and leisure opportunities for one of the most traditionally isolated groups in society. However, the offline inaccessible environment has, to a certain degree, been replicated online and particularly in social networking sites. Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives yet the impact on people with disabilities has gone largely unscrutinised. Similarly, while social media and disability are often both observed through a focus on the Western, developed and English-speaking world, different global perspectives are often overlooked. This collection explores the opportunities and challenges social media represents for the social inclusion of people with disabilities from a variety of different global perspectives that include Africa, Arabia and Asia along with European, American and Australasian perspectives and experiences.
9781317150282 1317150287 9781315577357 9781317150275 1317150279 1315577356 9781317150268 1317150260
Accessible Web sites for people with disabilities.
People with disabilities--Means of communication.
People with disabilities--Social networks.
Online social networks.
Sociology of disability.
PSYCHOLOGY--Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Handicapped
HV1568.4 / .D57 2017eb
302.23/1087