Department of Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Dale Hall Tower, Room 723, 445 W. Lindsey Street, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Jun;49(6):2581-2588. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-03911-7.
Individuals' knowledge and attitudes about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) work together to shape the stigma held about ASD. One way that this information is communicated to the public is through popular media; however, little is known about the effectiveness of fictional depictions of ASD in educating and shaping attitudes about ASD. The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact media has on knowledge about and attitudes towards ASD, compared to that of a college lecture on the subject. Exposure to one episode of a fictional drama depicting ASD, compared to watching a lecture, resulted in more accurate knowledge, more positive characteristics associated with ASD, fewer negative characteristics associated with ASD, and a greater desire to learn more about ASD.
个体对自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的知识和态度共同影响着对 ASD 的污名化程度。公众了解 ASD 的一种方式是通过大众媒体；然而，对于虚构的 ASD 描述在教育和塑造 ASD 态度方面的效果知之甚少。本研究旨在调查媒体对 ASD 的知识和态度的影响，并将其与关于该主题的大学讲座进行比较。与观看讲座相比，观看一集描述 ASD 的虚构戏剧会导致更准确的知识、更多与 ASD 相关的积极特征、更少与 ASD 相关的消极特征，以及更渴望了解更多关于 ASD 的信息。
