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Title:
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ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES: WEB 2.0 AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION |
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Author(s):
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Denise Leahy , Ultan Ó Broin |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-82-9 |
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Editors:
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Gunilla Bradley and Piet Kommers |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Accessibility, social networking, Web 2.0 |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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75 |
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Last Page:
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82 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The European Union (EU) promotes the concept of eInclusion as part of the i2010 initiative (European Commission,
2005). This includes areas such as eAccessibility, Digital Literacy and eGovernment all to improve peoples quality of
life. Internet-based economic opportunity and political engagement are also part of the socially driven Web 2.0 concepts
of participation and collaboration. Increasingly, Web 2.0 technologies are adopted by enterprises to integrate with the
collective intelligence of the community at large, for example using social networking sites for sales opportunities
(McKinsey, 2007).
If accessibility is not built into these systems, people with disabilities may be excluded from social interaction, political
organization, economic, and other opportunities. Despite the widely accepted claims about Web 2.0s inclusiveness based
on participative patterns of usage (OReilly, 2004), (Madden and Fox, 2006), is the lack of accessibility support within
Web 2.0 technology itself actually creating social exclusion? This research looks at Web 2.0 accessibility challenges by
examining the social networking site experiences of a group of users with visual impairments compared with a group of
sighted users. |
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