Online Attitudes and Information-Seeking Behavior on Autism, Asperger Syndrome and Greta Thunberg
| Autor: | Elia Gabarron, Ingjerd Skafle, Anders Nordahl-Hansen, Anders Dechsling |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
content analysis
Google trends Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis autism spectrum disorders social media Information Seeking Behavior Google Trends Article Teknologi: 500 [VDP] Developmental psychology Social media Twitter messaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medisinske Fag: 700 [VDP] Information seeking behavior Asperger syndrome medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 030212 general & internal medicine Autistic Disorder 05 social sciences Sentiment analysis public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Negativity effect medicine.disease Attitude Content analysis sentiment analysis Autism Medicine Female Health information Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Aspergers syndrome |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 9 4981-? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 4981, p 4981 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18094981 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to examine Internet trends data and sentiment in tweets mentioning autism, Asperger syndrome, and Greta Thunberg during 2019. We used mixed methods in analyzing sentiment and attitudes in viral tweets and collected 1074 viral tweets on autism that were published in 2019 (tweets that got more than 100 likes). The sample from Twitter was compared with search patterns on Google. In 2019, Asperger syndrome was closely connected to Greta Thunberg, as of the tweets specifically mentioning Asperger (from the total sample of viral tweets mentioning autism), 83% also mentioned Thunberg. In the sample of tweets about Thunberg, the positive sentiment expressed that Greta Thunberg was a role model, whereas the tweets that expressed the most negativity used her diagnosis against her and could be considered as cyberbullying. The Google Trends data also showed that Thunberg was closely connected to search patterns on Asperger syndrome in 2019. The study showed that being open about health information while being an active participant in controversial debates might be used against you but also help break stigmas and stereotypes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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