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		<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->{"id":1933,"date":"2014-01-14T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slewth.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2014-01-14T15:22:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:22:42","slug":"review-disability-and-new-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slewth.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/01\/14\/review-disability-and-new-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Disability and New Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"Review: Disability and New Media\", \"1933\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"1933\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>Disability and Society have just published their latest edition; Journal i<a title=\"Disability and Society, issue 1, volume 12\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/cdso20\/29\/1#.UtVKivRdWSo\">ssue 1, volume 29<\/a>, featuring <a title=\"Lewthwaite Review of Disability and New Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09687599.2013.864864\">my review of Ellis and Kent&#8217;s 2011 book\u00a0<i>Disability and New Media<\/i><\/a>, which was released in paperback last year. This book is recommended reading. My review concludes as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In summary Disability and New Media presents an essential new history of digital\u00a0media. Ellis and Kent offer a meticulous account of the structural enaction of\u00a0disability in the design and delivery of new media. The book focuses mainly on\u00a0the socio-technical properties of these technologies rather than the person-to-person\u00a0experiences of prejudice and exclusion that may be perpetuated across a network.\u00a0However, this account testifies to disabled people\u2019s digital rights, tenacity and the\u00a0importance of accessible digital media for all. The authors highlight valuable\u00a0concepts, hidden histories and developments that inform all our lives. As such, this\u00a0book makes useful reading for computer scientists and disability scholars alike,\u00a0highlighting the need to develop this field. Disability and New Media does not represent\u00a0a definitive guide to social media, new technologies and disability. Such an\u00a0omniscient review is not possible when the very newness of the technologies in\u00a0question resist definition and when the authors have at one point lost some critical\u00a0focus. Nonetheless, this book represents a significant inquiry, offering a gateway\u00a0for scholars and activists investigating the affordances of media that increasingly\u00a0shape our understanding of our world and ourselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full review can be found at:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Disability and New Media review\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2013.864864\">Sarah Lewthwaite (2014): Review: Disability and new media,<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Disability and New Media review\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2013.864864\">Disability &amp; Society, DOI: 10.1080\/09687599.2013.864864<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can buy <a title=\"Disability and New Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/details\/9780415871358\/\">Disability and New Media on the Routledge website<\/a>. The authors, Katie Ellis (<a title=\"Katie Ellis on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KkatieElliss\">@KkatieEllis<\/a>)\u00a0and Mike Kent (<a title=\"Mike Kent on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cultware\">@cultware<\/a>) can also be found on Twitter.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\r\n\t\t<!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\tshowOdiogoReadNowButton (\"687068\", \"Review: Disability and New Media\", \"1933\", 290, 55);\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<br\/>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n\t\t<!--\r\n\t\tshowInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (\"687068\", \"1933\", 290, 0);\r\n\t\t\/\/ ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment\r\n\t\t\/\/ -->\r\n\t\t<\/script>\r\n\t\t<!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.7 (WP) -->\r\n\t\t\n<p>Disability and Society have just published their latest edition; Journal issue 1, volume 29, featuring my review of Ellis and Kent&#8217;s 2011 book\u00a0Disability and New Media, which was released in paperback last year. This book is recommended reading. 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