新闻阅读偏好与对自闭症的态度之间的关系
Marta Dickinson1, Themis Karaminis2
1Edge Hill University, UK.
Autism : the international journal of research and practice
|December 3, 2025
概括
阅读右倾的小报与对自闭症患者的消极隐性态度相关,即使明确的观点看起来是有利的. 媒体信任也与自闭症知识的降低有关,突出显示了新闻消费对公众认知的影响.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 自闭症研究 自闭症研究
背景情况:
- 新闻,特别是小报和右倾出版物,可以延续对自闭症患者的负面刻板印象.
- 了解媒体消费与公众对自闭症的态度之间的关系对于促进包容性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查报纸阅读偏好和信任如何与非自闭症成年人对自闭症的明确和隐含态度有关.
- 调查特定的报纸类型,如右倾的小报,对公众对自闭症的看法的影响.
主要方法:
- 调查了277名英国非自闭症成年人关于报纸阅读习惯,信任,自闭症知识,明确态度和隐含偏见.
- 利用通用增值模型和层次分区来分析阅读偏好和其他因素解释的差异.
- 采用隐式关联任务来测量对自闭症的潜意识偏见.
主要成果:
- 与报纸相关的因素解释了对自闭症的明确态度的4.5%和隐性态度的10.7%的差异.
- 与右倾的小报有选择性的接触与更负面的隐性态度有关.
- 对报纸的更高信任与较不准确的自闭症知识相关,对小报的选择性信任预测了混合的明确/隐含态度.
结论:
- 与媒体负面描绘自闭症的接触与隐性偏见的增加有关,即使具有中立的明确态度.
- 媒体生态系统显著影响公众对自闭症患者的看法和潜意识反应.
- 调查结果强调了平衡和尊重媒体报道对于促进自闭症接受的重要性.
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