The accessibility of digital communications media in Spain: the responsibility of journalists in the generation of inclusive content
After analysing reference studies on the accessibility of digital communications media in Spain and consulting with accessibility experts, this study identifies the access barriers for disabled people, the elderly and other groups that can be generated by journalists when producing contents for the...
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
2018-07-01
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| description | After analysing reference studies on the accessibility of digital communications media in Spain and consulting with accessibility experts, this study identifies the access barriers for disabled people, the elderly and other groups that can be generated by journalists when producing contents for the web environment. The main barriers which can be affected by the professional practice of journalists include the following: imprecise hyperlinks, image links without text alternatives, no new window alert, images with missing or inadequate text alternatives, incorrect heading structure, inadequate marking of lists, images with printed text, poor image contrast, the semantic use of colour without offering an alternative and incorrect marking of data tables. Barriers are identified in relation to fonts that are dependent on website layout, but contain properties that can be modified by journalists. Barriers that arise in multimedia content owing to the lack of subtitles or audio description are also detected, although the possibility of including such functions requires both knowledge and specific tools that are currently beyond the reach of journalists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f90220dd0a7412c823814b4ec4514c82022-12-22T01:44:19ZengUniversidad Rey Juan CarlosIndex Comunicación2444-32392174-18592018-07-0181225253242The accessibility of digital communications media in Spain: the responsibility of journalists in the generation of inclusive contentLourdes González-Perea0Universidad de Málaga, Universidad Isabel IAfter analysing reference studies on the accessibility of digital communications media in Spain and consulting with accessibility experts, this study identifies the access barriers for disabled people, the elderly and other groups that can be generated by journalists when producing contents for the web environment. The main barriers which can be affected by the professional practice of journalists include the following: imprecise hyperlinks, image links without text alternatives, no new window alert, images with missing or inadequate text alternatives, incorrect heading structure, inadequate marking of lists, images with printed text, poor image contrast, the semantic use of colour without offering an alternative and incorrect marking of data tables. Barriers are identified in relation to fonts that are dependent on website layout, but contain properties that can be modified by journalists. Barriers that arise in multimedia content owing to the lack of subtitles or audio description are also detected, although the possibility of including such functions requires both knowledge and specific tools that are currently beyond the reach of journalists.http://journals.sfu.ca/indexcomunicacion/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/396accesibilidadbarrerasdiscapacidadmedios de comunicaciónperiodistasweb |
| spellingShingle | Lourdes González-Perea The accessibility of digital communications media in Spain: the responsibility of journalists in the generation of inclusive content Index Comunicación accesibilidad barreras discapacidad medios de comunicación periodistas web |
| title | The accessibility of digital communications media in Spain: the responsibility of journalists in the generation of inclusive content |
| title_full | The accessibility of digital communications media in Spain: the responsibility of journalists in the generation of inclusive content |
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| title_short | The accessibility of digital communications media in Spain: the responsibility of journalists in the generation of inclusive content |
| title_sort | accessibility of digital communications media in spain the responsibility of journalists in the generation of inclusive content |
| topic | accesibilidad barreras discapacidad medios de comunicación periodistas web |
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