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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 (In Press)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14614448221093762
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 | ||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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