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Media Influence and Health Autism

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Representation of autism in fictional media: A systematic review of media content and its impact on viewer knowledge and understanding of autism

Sandra C. Jones, Chloe S. Gordon, Simone Mizzi
Autism Summary & key facts 2023 49 citations

This review examined how autistic people are shown in fictional media (Part A) and whether watching those portrayals changes what people know or feel about autism (Part B). Seventeen articles met the review rules: 14 analysed portrayals and 3 tested viewer effects (those 3 included five experiments). Media studied spanned…

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Child Development and Digital Technology Media Influence and Health
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