Web Accessibility Guidelines and Social Networks: A Systematic Literature Review

• Tiago Nogueira IFMT
• Jackelline Santos IFMT
• Ana Vitoria Barros IFMT
• Franciely Santos IFMT
• Deller Ferreira UFG

Abstract

The online social networks develop a great role on relationship visual representation, impacting on people's interaction. Thus, it is essential that social network is accessible, so that every person with disability has access to the contents and interactivity in a equal way. Nevertheless, current researches only focus on measuring the bene ts during the interaction, leaving aside the identi cation and mitigation of accessibility problems. Therefore, this article identi es, through a systematic review, the existing correlation among the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and social network, identifying the main di culties faced by disabled people. The review results prove that the di culties are related to content, loss of identity, navigability and accessibility. However, there is a lack of works that correlate to the guidelines applicability in the social network constructions.

Keywords: Social Networking, Web Accessibility, Usability, User Experience