Digital news and people with disabilities : where are we headed?

Many people with disabilities have been traditionally excluded from receiving or interpreting the news. U.S. law has changed requirements for Internet content and will lead to drastic changes in how news is conveyed online. Mainstream media is making headway toward communicating to the culture and abilities of people with disabilities, but serious errors still exist, particularly in digital news formats that exclude many people with disabilities from accessing news. While people with different disabilities are producing primarily niche news content, mainstream media is still the main source of authoritative news regarding people with disabilities. Hiring news staff with disabilities will help mainstream media develop an understanding of the physical, cultural and intellectual requirements of people with a variety of abilities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Journalism

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Goebel, Christina Cowart

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Alves, Rosental C.

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Todd, Russell

• People with disabilities in the news
• Disabilities in news
• Disability
• Digital technology and people with disabilities
• Publications by people with disabilities
• Mainstream news and disabilities
• News and disabilities
• Disabilities in the newsroom

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2152/19905

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/19905