穿越大流行社会泡:关于COVID-19的残疾和社交媒体使用
Kerry Dobransky1, Eszter Hargittai2
1James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA.
The American behavioral scientist
|April 11, 2024
概括
与其他人相比,残疾人 (PWD) 在社交媒体上对COVID-19信息的参与度更大. 这凸显了可访问的在线平台和所有用户的通用设计的重要性.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,互联网的使用在社交互动和日常任务中增加了.
- 历史上,残疾人一直在使用互联网,特别是为了获得健康信息.
- 居家禁令令放大了对数字平台的依赖,以实现沟通.
研究的目的:
- 调查有关残疾人和没有残疾人的COVID-19信息的社交媒体参与模式.
- 为了比较疫情初期社交媒体平台上信息交换和互动的程度.
主要方法:
- 在美国,在COVID-19流行病的最初几周进行了一项全国性调查.
- 该调查收集了来自残疾和无残疾参与者的COVID-19相关活动社交媒体使用数据.
- 对社会人口统计学,互联网技能,健康状况和个人COVID-19经历进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 与没有残疾的个人相比,PWD在社交媒体上对COVID-19信息的参与度明显更高.
- 这种增加的参与特别明显在积极参与方面,例如分享信息,与内容互动和在线支持他人.
- 即使控制了各种人口统计,健康和个人经验因素之后,这些发现仍然存在.
结论:
- 残疾人更积极地使用社交媒体获取健康危机信息和支持.
- 该研究强调了通用设计在数字平台中的好处,使PWD和普通人口受益.
- 调查结果强调了可访问的在线环境的关键作用,特别是在公共卫生紧急情况下.
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