Understanding the Use of the Term "Weaponized Autism" in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform.
Background: The term "weaponized autism" is frequently used on extremist platforms. To better understand this, we conducted a discourse analysis of posts on Gab, an alt-right social media platform. Methods: We analyzed 711 posts spanning 2018–2019 and filtered for variations on the term "weaponized...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders Vol. 53; no. 10; pp. 4035 - 4047 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2023
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