Transforming Media Accessibility in Europe : Digital Media, Education and City Space Accessibility Contexts / edited by Ann Marcus-Quinn, Krzysztof Krejtz, Carlos Duarte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marcus-Quinn, Ann, Editor.

Krejtz, Krzysztof, Editor.

Duarte, Carlos, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Human-computer interaction.

People with disabilities--Education.

People with disabilities.

Interactive multimedia.

Multimedia systems.

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Education and Disability.

Media Design.

Local Subjects:

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Education and Disability.

Media Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVII, 428 p. 63 illus., 52 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, accessibility in media has emerged as a crucial frontier for inclusion, equality, and knowledge democracy. The present edited volume "Transforming Media Accessibility in Europe: Digital Media, Education and City Space Accessibility Contexts" is a comprehensive exploration of technological, societal, psychological, and legal aspects of media accessibility in Europe. It offers a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the multifaceted landscape of media accessibility. Through compelling experimental studies, case studies, and forward-looking insights, it elucidates the transformative potential of accessible media across diverse sectors, including education, culture, and smart cities. Crafted as a collaborative effort under the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) LEAD-ME Action (CA19142), this book unites the expertise of researchers, educators, and practitioners. This is an open access publication. .

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1: Outside the screen

Accessibility in tourism 5.0 approach: Enabling inclusive and meaningful tourist experiences

Accessibility in public transport by example of Warsaw

Subjectivity and creativity vs. audio description guidelines

Gaze-Led Audio Description (glad). Concept and application to accessibility of architectural heritage

Establishing an accessible university for students with disabilities: Case study of The Aksaray University

Part 2: Inclusive art and society

Digital constitutionalism and the data economy

Making copyright management agile: Challenges and opportunities in audiovisual translation and media accessibility for a new digital era

The inclusivity of art in city space. Activities of researchers from the University of Lodz to support people with sensory disabilities: A case study from Lodz (Poland)

Contemporary art and audio accessibility from translation studies- an essential binomial in current artistic creations

Part 3: Learning and education

An overview of media accessibility and inclusivity in the educational domain

Media accessibility in education- combining bibliometric study and literature review

Media accessibility in e-learning: Analyzing learning management systems

Accessibility of ebooks for secondary school students in Ireland and Cyprus

Examining the accessibility of online educational content - A case study of second-language learning videos

Accessibility in technology-enhanced curricula - A comparative study in Portugal, Turkey, and Lithuania

Cognitive accessibility in educational games - A set of recommendations

Enabling digital literacy pedagogical sessions: A case study from Portugal

Exploring the potential of media accessibility as a pedagogical tool: Students as audio describers

Assessing the impact of assistive technologies on the lives of the hearing impaired: A bibliometric analysis

Part 4: Technological innovations for accessibility

Academic training in media accessibility in audiovisual translation at a university level: The case of the Spanish university system

Digital media tools for accessibility and inclusion: A case study from the Ukraine

A multimodal approach for improving a dialogue agent for therapeutic sessions in psychiatry

Control the stream of sounds: A pilot study on intersemiotic translation of sound effects and music for subtitling for the d/deaf and hard of hearing in German, Spanish and English in VOD platforms.

ISBN:

3-031-60049-5