Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook
Autism continues to be a leading neurodevelopmental disorder across adult and pediatric populations that transcends racial, ethnic, age, and socioeconomic groups worldwide. Autism care and treatment also exerts immense costs on the healthcare system and lost productivity which are partly attributed...
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| description | Autism continues to be a leading neurodevelopmental disorder across adult and pediatric populations that transcends racial, ethnic, age, and socioeconomic groups worldwide. Autism care and treatment also exerts immense costs on the healthcare system and lost productivity which are partly attributed to the existing resource limitations globally. Organizations, campaigns, and policies exist worldwide in increasing equity and accessibility of resources and services to individuals with autism. In the context of our digital era, a wealth of information is also more readily available on autism through electronic communication including social media platforms. As YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are ever-growing and among the leading social media platforms in contemporary times, examination of content covered on autism across these communication mediums is timely and warranted. This review consolidates findings from 32 sources on the sources, formats, and nature of content covered on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook pertaining to a wealth of dimensions surrounding autism. Strengths and limitations of the studies and endeavors are presented. Implications for future campaign development, health equity, health policy, neurodiversity, and patient care are also delineated. Lastly, recommendations for future research and practice are discussed which present directions for tapping into the potential of YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook as health communication mediums across the ever-changing autism landscape. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-280fe2804deb4a5aabf261a64482af642023-09-28T09:28:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Digital Health2673-253X2023-09-01510.3389/fdgth.2023.12221871222187Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and FacebookAysha Jawed0Aysha Jawed1Heather Graham2Heather Graham3Jennifer Smith4Jennifer Smith5Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Pediatric Social Work, Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, United StatesCharlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Pediatric Nursing, Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, United StatesInfant Neurodevelopment Center, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United StatesJohns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United StatesAutism continues to be a leading neurodevelopmental disorder across adult and pediatric populations that transcends racial, ethnic, age, and socioeconomic groups worldwide. Autism care and treatment also exerts immense costs on the healthcare system and lost productivity which are partly attributed to the existing resource limitations globally. Organizations, campaigns, and policies exist worldwide in increasing equity and accessibility of resources and services to individuals with autism. In the context of our digital era, a wealth of information is also more readily available on autism through electronic communication including social media platforms. As YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are ever-growing and among the leading social media platforms in contemporary times, examination of content covered on autism across these communication mediums is timely and warranted. This review consolidates findings from 32 sources on the sources, formats, and nature of content covered on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook pertaining to a wealth of dimensions surrounding autism. Strengths and limitations of the studies and endeavors are presented. Implications for future campaign development, health equity, health policy, neurodiversity, and patient care are also delineated. Lastly, recommendations for future research and practice are discussed which present directions for tapping into the potential of YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook as health communication mediums across the ever-changing autism landscape.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1222187/fullautismneurobehavioral disorderneurodiversitysocial mediadevelopmental disability |
| spellingShingle | Aysha Jawed Aysha Jawed Heather Graham Heather Graham Jennifer Smith Jennifer Smith Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook Frontiers in Digital Health autism neurobehavioral disorder neurodiversity social media developmental disability |
| title | Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook |
| title_full | Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook |
| title_fullStr | Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook |
| title_short | Digital trends in autism: a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook |
| title_sort | digital trends in autism a scoping review exploring coverage of autism across youtube twitter and facebook |
| topic | autism neurobehavioral disorder neurodiversity social media developmental disability |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1222187/full |
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