Disability and information technology : a comparative study in media regulation / Eliza Varney, School of Law, Keele University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varney, Eliza, 1978- author.

Series:

Cambridge disability law and policy series.

Cambridge disability law and policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Information techology--Case studies.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Services for--Data processing--Case studies.

Computers and people with disabilities--Case studies.

Computers and people with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc--Case studies.

Mass media--Law and legislation--Case studies.

Mass media.

Libraries and people with disabilities--Case studies.

Libraries and people with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Disability & Information Technology

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. It focuses on the tension between social and economic values in the regulation of ICTs and calls for a regulatory approach based on a framework of principles that reflects citizenship values. The analysis identifies challenges encountered in the jurisdictions examined and points toward the rights-based approach advanced by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a benchmark in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities to have equal access to information. The research draws on a wealth of resources, including legislation, cases, interviews, consultation documents and responses from organisations representing persons with disabilities.

Contents:

1. The regulation of ICTs for the pursuit of citizenship rights

2. Case study: Canada

3. Case study: the European Union

4. Case study: the United Kingdom

5. Case study: the United States of America

6. Lessons to be learnt? : Reflection on the case studies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-282) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88777-7

1-107-06466-X

1-107-05628-4

1-107-05737-X

1-107-05416-8

1-107-05863-5

1-107-05516-4

1-139-01794-2

OCLC:

833300205