Bellon-Harn Monica L, Ni Jianyuan, Manchaiah Vinaya
Lamar University, USA.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India.
Autism. 2020 Oct;24(7):1805-1816. doi: 10.1177/1362361320923173. Epub 2020 Jun 6.
Stakeholders within autism spectrum disorder communities use Twitter for specific purposes. The goal of this study was to characterize patterns and themes of tweet content and sentiment and intercommunications between users sending and retweeting content to their respective user networks. The study used cross-sectional analysis of data generated from Twitter. Twitter content, sentiment, users, and community networks were examined from a sample of tweets with the highest Twitter reach and the lowest Twitter reach. Results indicate that Twitter content from both samples was primarily related to empowerment and support. Differences between the number of tweets originating from an individual in the lowest reach sample (i.e. 41%) as compared to the individuals in the highest reach sample (i.e. 18%) were noted. The number of users belonging to an advocacy subcommunity was substantially larger than a clinical and research subcommunity. Results provide insight into the presuppositions of individuals with autism spectrum disorder, their families and significant others, and other stakeholders.
自闭症谱系障碍群体中的利益相关者使用推特是出于特定目的。本研究的目的是描述推文内容、情感以及在向各自用户网络发送和转发内容的用户之间的互动交流的模式和主题。该研究对推特产生的数据进行了横断面分析。从具有最高推特影响力和最低推特影响力的推文样本中检查了推特内容、情感、用户和社区网络。结果表明，两个样本的推特内容主要与赋权和支持有关。注意到来自影响力最低样本中的个人所发推文数量（即41%）与影响力最高样本中的个人所发推文数量（即18%）之间存在差异。属于倡导子社区的用户数量大大超过临床和研究子社区。研究结果为了解自闭症谱系障碍患者、他们的家人和重要他人以及其他利益相关者的预设提供了见解。
