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ERIC Number: EJ1188150
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-6958
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Accessible Media: The Need to Prepare Students for Creating Accessible Content
Youngblood, Norman E.; Tirumala, Lakshmi N.; Galvez, Robert Anthony
Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, v73 n3 p334-345 Sep 2018
Electronic media accessibility has come a long way since the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In 2010, the Communication and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) mandated closed captioning many online videos and called for making video blind accessible through audio descriptions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) ruled Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) applied to the virtual world. Since January 2015, there have been over 240 online-accessibility lawsuits. As educators, we need to prepare students to understand what accessibility is and how to make electronic media accessible. This article outlines accessibility issues across the curriculum, including closed captioning, audio descriptions, and online documents, and calls for better integration of accessibility into the electronic media curriculum.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990; Telecommunications Act 1996
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