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Online social connections and internet use among people with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Caton, Sue, Hatton, Chris, Gillooly, Amanda, Oloidi, Edward, Clarke, Libby, Bradshaw, Jill, Flynn, Samantha, Taggart, Laurence, Mulhall, Peter, Jahoda, Andrew, Maguire, Roseann, Marriott, Anna, Todd, Stuart, Abbott, David, Beyer, Stephen, Gore, Nick, Heslop, Pauline, Scior, Katrina and Hastings, Richard P. (2022) Online social connections and internet use among people with intellectual disabilities in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Media & Society . 146144482210937. doi:10.1177/14614448221093762 ISSN 1461-4448. (In Press)

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Abstract

Having a disability, in particular, an intellectual disability, is associated with Internet non-use. This article explores how people with intellectual disabilities used the Internet across the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic. In April to May 2021, 571 adults with intellectual disabilities were interviewed. Participants most commonly used the Internet for being with family and friends, social media or doing online activities with other people. People who lived with family were the most likely to use social media; people who lived with other people with intellectual disabilities were the least likely. People who self-reported as not lonely were more likely to use the Internet for online activities with others and play video games with others. Social connections were identified as the best thing about the Internet. Many participants chose not to identify a worst thing about Internet use, while others reported issues with technology, online harm and threats to well-being.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR)
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Intellectual disability, Internet -- Social aspects, Information technology -- Social aspects, COVID-19 (Disease), Intellectual disability -- Social aspects, People with mental disabilities, Learning disabilities, Online social networks
Journal or Publication Title: New Media & Society
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 1461-4448
Official Date: 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
2022Published
6 May 2022Available
30 March 2022Accepted
Number of Pages: 25
Article Number: 146144482210937
DOI: 10.1177/14614448221093762
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: In Press
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 18 July 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access: 20 July 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
MR/V028596/1UK Research and Innovationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014013
COV0196[NIHR] National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
UNSPECIFIED[NIHR] National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272

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