ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Online Attitudes and Information-Seeking Behavior on Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and Greta Thunberg.
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- A Systematic Review of the Stigma Experienced by People with Autism Spectrum Disorder Associated with Intellectual Disabilities and by Their Family Caregivers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Social media interventions for autistic individuals: Systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Wikipediautism: A Multilingual Analysis of Autism-Related Wikipedia Articles in Six Languages.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Effects of dialogic reading for comprehension (LuDiCa) on the social interaction of autistic adolescents and their peers.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2024Article
- Public concerns and attitudes towards autism on Chinese social media based on K-means algorithm.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
- Discussions of Asperger Syndrome on Social Media: Content and Sentiment Analysis on Twitter.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Social media analysis of Twitter tweets related to ASD in 2019-2020, with particular attention to COVID-19: topic modelling and sentiment analysis.Journal of big data · 2022Article
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Abstract
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.
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