Portrayals of autism and social awareness: a scoping review

Portrayals of autism and social awareness: a scoping review Rosa Fontes, Margarita Pino-Juste Advances in Autism, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose of this paper is to look at recent trends in scientific literature on the portrayal of autism in published and broadcast media and social awareness of the subject. A bibliometric analysis of content of such publications was performed. Results show that portrayals of autism from books, newspapers, news broadcasts, films and TV series are being scrutinized. Research focuses on the social categories of resulting stereotypes, the quality of such depictions, the benefits and downsides, stigmatization of individuals (with autism) and how society responds to these portrayals. It is important to understand if media portrayals of autism are creating a realistic and constructive awareness of autism in society.
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