Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/29708
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dc.contributor.authorSofokleous, Rafael-
dc.contributor.authorStylianou, Stelios-
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-06T10:34:45Z-
dc.date.available2023-07-06T10:34:45Z-
dc.date.issued2023-03-01-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Creative Communications, 2023, vol. 18, iss. 1, pp. 61 - 78en_US
dc.identifier.issn09732586-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/29708-
dc.description.abstractBuilding on theoretical foundations from communication and disability studies, we ran an online experiment to study the influence of online constructions corresponding to the medical and social models of disability on attitudes toward wheelchair users. We recruited students from a public university in the Mediterranean region and, after a pretest on their attitudes toward wheelchair users, we had them read social media posts and online news items that corresponded to the medical model (medical experimental group), the social model (social experimental group) or were neutral (control group). The participants received the stimuli via email during a five-day period after the pretest and were then posttested. Pro-social stimuli produced a significant mild change in the expected direction, while the corresponding effect of pro-medical stimuli was not significant. Both social and medical group posttest means were significantly different from the control group posttest mean, suggesting that exposure to online constructions based on both models influences attitudes toward disability. A repeat posttest, administered one week after the posttest, showed stability of the observed changes. The study adds to the limited existing knowledge about the influence of online constructions on attitudes toward persons with disabilities.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights© Elsevier B.V.en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectMedical model of disabilityen_US
dc.subjectonline experimenten_US
dc.subjectonline mediaen_US
dc.subjectsocial influenceen_US
dc.subjectsocial model of disabilityen_US
dc.titleEffects of Exposure to Medical Model and Social Model Online Constructions of Disability on Attitudes Toward Wheelchair Users: Results from an Online Experimenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.collaborationCyprus University of Technologyen_US
dc.subject.categoryMedia and Communicationsen_US
dc.journalsSubscriptionen_US
dc.countryCyprusen_US
dc.subject.fieldSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/09732586221136260en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85145718884-
dc.identifier.urlhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85145718884-
dc.relation.issue1en_US
dc.relation.volume18en_US
cut.common.academicyear2022-2023en_US
dc.identifier.spage61en_US
dc.identifier.epage78en_US
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item.languageiso639-1en-
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item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501-
item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.openairetypearticle-
crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Communication and Internet Studies-
crisitem.author.facultyFaculty of Communication and Media Studies-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-4904-4955-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-4640-6391-
crisitem.author.parentorgFaculty of Communication and Media Studies-
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