Disability and Social Media - ELLIS,K

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.

TITLE: Disability and Social Media

AUTHOR: ELLIS,K

SKU: 9781472458452

PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 22/11/2016

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 340

BINDING: Hardback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 159 mm x 235 mm

WEIGHT: 635 gr