Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

6 results found in Social Media Accessibility.

Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM, CPM Theory)
A communication theory developed by Sandra Petronio that treats private information as something people own and collectively manage through negotiated rules about boundaries, co-ownership, and turbule…
Emoji (Emojis)
Small pictographic characters — faces, gestures, objects, symbols — encoded as Unicode code points and rendered by platform-specific font sets, used to convey affect, tone, and non-verbal nuance in ot…
Self-Disclosure Statement (SDS)
A short first-person text in which a creator, researcher, or performer reveals personal information about their identity, background, training, and motivations for producing a piece of work. Self-disc…
Social Media
Networked digital platforms — including Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, LINE, WhatsApp, and similar services — that enable users to create, share, and discuss content with others. For accessibility, social…
Social Media Video Captions (SMVC)
An umbrella term for the textual or symbolic elements — platform-generated captions, creator-edited captions, user-generated captions, and non-speech information such as sound effects, music cues, or …
User-Generated Captions (UGC captions)
Captions created and added to video content by non-professional contributors — typically the video's own creator or community members — rather than by professional captioners or fully automated system…