Assistive Media - Barriers and Interfaces in Digital Cultures

Technologies designed to »assist« users with and without disabilities, such as computer interfaces, act as mediators of barriers in Digital Cultures. At the same time, these technologies, as »assistive media«, emerge into a pre-existing technological environment and add an additional level of mediation to human-machine interaction. Drawing on examples rooted in a diverse range of fields - from engineering to medical research to gaming culture - the contributors to this volume each provide a unique perspective on assistance, situated at the intersection of media studies and disability studies.

Info autore

Jan Müggenburg (Prof. Dr.) lehrt Medien- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

Riassunto

Technologies designed to »assist« users with and without disabilities, such as computer interfaces, act as mediators of barriers in Digital Cultures. At the same time, these technologies, as »assistive media«, emerge into a pre-existing technological environment and add an additional level of mediation to human-machine interaction. Drawing on examples rooted in a diverse range of fields – from engineering to medical research to gaming culture – the contributors to this volume each provide a unique perspective on assistance, situated at the intersection of media studies and disability studies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Philipp Macele (Editore), Jan Müggenburg (Editore), Anna Wiechern (Editore), Anna-Lena Wiechern (Editore)
• Editore: Transcript
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2025
• EAN: 9783837664720
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-6472-0
• Pagine: 330
• Peso: 513 g
• Illustrazioni: 10 schw.-w. u. 20 farb. Abb.
• Serie: Digitale Gesellschaft; Digitale Gesellschaft 56
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze umane, tematiche generali