Hemsley Bronwyn, Palmer Stuart, Dann Stephen, Balandin Susan
a Graduate School of Health, UTS , Sydney , Australia.
b Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment , Deakin University , Melbourne , Australia.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2018 Feb;20(1):50-58. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1413137. Epub 2018 Jan 22.
Articles 19, 26 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Articles 4, 9 and 21 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities promote the human rights of communication, education, use of technology and access to information. Social media is an important form of online communication, and Twitter increases users' visibility, influence and reach online. The aim of this sociotechnical research was to determine the impact of teaching three people who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) to use Twitter.
Three participants were trained in ways of using Twitter strategically. Data collected from participants' Twitter profiles were examined to determine the impact of training on Twitter follower count, frequency of tweeting, tweet content and the development of social networks. Data were also examined using (1) KH Coder software analysis and visualisation of co-occurring networks in the text data, based on word frequencies; and (2) Gephi software analysis to show the Twitter network for each participant.
Two participants showed an improvement in Twitter skills and strategies.
Twitter can be used to improve social connectedness of people who use AAC, and should not be overlooked in relation to communication rights.
《世界人权宣言》第19条、第26条和第27条以及《残疾人权利公约》第4条、第9条和第21条促进了通信、教育、技术使用和信息获取方面的人权。社交媒体是在线通信的一种重要形式，推特提高了用户在网络上的知名度、影响力和覆盖面。这项社会技术研究的目的是确定对三名使用辅助和替代沟通方式（AAC）的人进行推特使用教学的影响。
对三名参与者进行了战略性使用推特的培训。检查从参与者推特个人资料中收集的数据，以确定培训对推特关注者数量、推文频率、推文内容和社交网络发展的影响。还使用了以下方法检查数据：（1）KH Coder软件基于词频对文本数据中共现网络进行分析和可视化；（2）Gephi软件分析以展示每位参与者的推特网络。
两名参与者在推特技能和策略方面有所提高。
推特可用于改善使用AAC者的社会联系，在通信权利方面不应被忽视。
