• Search 1; Computer Source
• Website design AND accessibility
• This search led to 82 results. I ran into an issue with finding full-text articles that were from more recent years. When I limited my search to full-text, peer-reviewed I was left with only 11 results.
• Michalska, You, Nicolini, Ippolito, & Fink (2014) appears to be a worthwhile article from this search. Subject Terms were: (1) WEBSITES, (2) VISION disorders, (3) PEOPLE with disabilities – Social conditions, (4) INTERNET content, and (5) SOCIOLOGY of disability

• Search 2; Communications & Mass Media Complete
• Accessibility AND web, limiters: Full text and peer-reviewed
• This search led to 113 results. I have found it more difficult than initially thought to find enough results that are relevant to the questions I’m trying to ask. So far, further generalizing of my keywords, such as using web instead of website or web design, has helped. I’m starting to reframe my questions as it’s becoming clear that the information I’m looking for just isn’t there. That does at least tell me that my questions on how prevalent accessibility standards are, is extremely relevant.
• Ellcessor (2014) seems very promising. Subject Terms were: (1) Internet access, (2) Internet users — Research (3) Social media research, (4) Services for people with disabilities, and (5) Textbooks — Research

Annotation:

Ellcessor, E (2014). <Alt=”Textbooks”>: Web Accessibility Myths as Negotiated Industrial Lore. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 448-463.

This is an in-depth analysis of different myths, regarding web accessibility for the visually disabled persons, and how experts debunked them. This analysis is peer-reviewed and the author is an associate professor of media studies and senior faculty fellow at the University of Virginia. She is also a published author and expert in her field. This analysis provides an overview of the most common myths regarding accessibility in web design and will provide a large frame-of-context in understanding misbeliefs holding back accessibility efforts.

• Search 3; Communication & Mass Media Complete
• Accessibility AND web AND design, limiters: Full text and peer-reviewed
• This search led to 34 results. This seems to be my most fruitful search. This search made me realize that the term “human-computer interaction” might be a keyword that behooves my search efforts
• Maj & Derda-Nowakowski (2010) is an interesting take on my subject of choice. Subject Terms were: (1) Lectures & lecturing, (2) Digital communications, (3) Internet, (4) Computer networks, and (5) Human-computer interaction

Annotation:

Maj, A. & Derda-Nowakowski, M. (2010). Anthropology of Accessibility: Further Reflections on the Perceptual Problems of Human-Computer Interactions. At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries, 25-40.

This peer-reviewed article summarizes the history of anthropological endeavors to bridge the gap online for visually-impaired users. The first author, Anna Maj, Ph.D. is an assistant professor for the Institute of Cultural Communication at the University of Silesia. Her primary focus is media anthropology. The second author, Michael Derda-Nowakowski, Ph.D., is an assistant professor for the Department of Electronic Media at the University of Lodz. This information in this article helps construct an anthropological viewpoint on how web accessibility evolved. This will be helpful in understanding whether our society will uphold a standard of accessibility for web users.