New media's online reality and process of building the identity of the people with Asperger syndrome. Sociological study Cover Image

Nowe media jako przestrzeń konstruowania tożsamości osób z zespołem Aspergera. Studium socjologiczne
New media's online reality and process of building the identity of the people with Asperger syndrome. Sociological study

Author(s): Maja Drzazga-Lech, Maria Świątkiewicz-Mośny
Subject(s): Media studies, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: spoiled identity; autostigmatization; autoidentification; stigma;

Summary/Abstract: New media is a space in which neuroatipical individuals can exist. They can articulate their subjectivity and construct their identity. The analysis of the webblogs of people who define themselves as Asperger Syndrome diagnosed shows how either individual or collective identity is forming. Bloggers describing their everyday life show their perspective, which is not available to neurotipical (NT) people. Thanks to online memoirs, attempts can be made to reconstruct their identity projects and analysis of adaptation strategies.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-63
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish