Tweeting Autism - A Framing Analysis of Twitter Conversations on Autism in Indonesia

Hersinta

2018

Abstract

This paper is intended to explore the way in which Indonesian Twitter users’ frame autism. Recent studies show that the micro blogging platform has the ability for its users - either groups or individuals - to use frames to bring attention to specific issues. By mapping the conversations about autism on Twitter for a six month period (November 2017 - January 2018 and March - May 2018), the intended findings will be expected to give further insights into (1) what are the main issues in relation to autism discussed on Twitter; (2) how Twitter users’ frame the issue of autism and (3) how autistic people are portrayed on Twitter. Using DiscoverText (a text and social data analytics software) and Twitter API search, tweets were generated using certain keywords related with autism in the Indonesian languages, including “autism,” “autistic,” “special needs” and “neurodiversity.” The analysis stage was done by applying the traditional and progressive models of disability developed by Clogston (1994) as a framework to investigate the dominant frames in Twitter conversations about autism in Indonesia. The results indicate that the frame of understanding autism on Twitter is still dominated by traditional perspectives, which focus more on the disabled individual’s differences from others in society. On the other hand, the minority voice from autistic people themselves also appears on Twitter, representing the progressive perspective in viewing autism as a part of human differences.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hersinta. (2018). Tweeting Autism - A Framing Analysis of Twitter Conversations on Autism in Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA, ISBN 978-989-758-393-3, pages 142-152. DOI: 10.5220/0008818101420152

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocspa18,
author={Hersinta},
title={Tweeting Autism - A Framing Analysis of Twitter Conversations on Autism in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,},
year={2018},
pages={142-152},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008818101420152},
isbn={978-989-758-393-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,
TI - Tweeting Autism - A Framing Analysis of Twitter Conversations on Autism in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-393-3
AU - Hersinta.
PY - 2018
SP - 142
EP - 152
DO - 10.5220/0008818101420152