Disability and the Internet in 2015: Where to now?

Authors

  • Katie Ellis Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
  • Mike Kent Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v20i9.6163

Abstract

Earlier this decade, the emerging field of disability media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger’s Disability and the Internet in 2012 and Disability and new media by this issue’s editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field particularly Goggin and Newell’s 2003 Digital disability.

This new focus incorporated changes to the environment with the hype around Web 2.0, the rise of online social networks and the increasing prevalence of smartphone and other mobile devices being used to access the Internet, as well as the evolving legal environment around access to technology for people with disabilities.

Our aim in compiling this special issue was to continue the work we began with Disability and new media.

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Published

2015-09-10

How to Cite

Ellis, K., & Kent, M. (2015). Disability and the Internet in 2015: Where to now?. First Monday, 20(9). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v20i9.6163