Giving voice
Subtitle: mobile communication, disability, and inequality
By: Meryl Alper
Series: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780262035583; 9780262533973
Subjects: Social aspects; Communication devices for people with disabilities; Sociology of disability; Voice output communication aids; Assistive computer technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-257) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Talking iPads and the partial promise of voice; title: What is voice?; title: Making a case for iPad cases; title: What is a mobile communication device?; title: The "fun iPad" and the "communication iPad"; title: What is an iPad for?; title: Augmenting communication with new media and popular culture; title: What does it mean to communicate with an iPad?; title: "You've gotta be plugged in"; title: How do media shape understandings of the iPad?; title: Conclusions.