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Influencers With Intellectual Disability in Digital Society: An Opportunity to Advance in Social Inclusion

dc.contributor.authorBonilla‐del‐Río, Mónica
dc.contributor.authorCastillo-Abdul, Bárbara
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Ruiz, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Martín, Alejandro
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-08T17:24:53Z
dc.date.available2022-03-08T17:24:53Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationBonilla-del-Río, M., Castillo-Abdul, B., García-Ruiz, R., & Rodríguez-Martín, A. (2022). Influencers With Intellectual Disability in Digital Society: An Opportunity to Advance in Social Inclusion. Media and Communication, 10(1), 222-234. doi:https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i1.4763es
dc.identifier.issn2183-2439
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10115/18811
dc.description.abstractSocial networks are appointed as an opportunity to socially normalize disability, as demonstrated by the growing number of influencers with a disability who are followed by millions of users. Likewise, intellectual disability has its place in the networks, with special relevance among influencers with Down syndrome. In this study, a content analysis of 10 accounts of influencers with Down syndrome from seven different countries was performed. Images, videos, comments, and other interactions with their followers were analyzed. The preliminary results described the influencer profiles, the type of content posted, and their relationship with sponsoring brands. These results indicate that social networks allow them to make their interests visible, take part in the digital environment, and interact with their audience, being a positive influence that promotes respect for diversity. These platforms are positioned as powerful tools for the construction and dissemination of inclusive values and the empowerment of disabled people, minimizing controversial questions such as the instrumentalization of the disability and its association with clichés. With all the analyzed results, it is possible to evidence that Instagram can be considered a privileged network that could be utilized for the eradication of barriers and to ease the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the public sphere. The conclusions are relevant for the scientific community given that they will allow us to achieve social inclusion, thanks to the impact of the posts from the influencers with disability.es
dc.description.sponsorship© Mónica Bonilla-del-Río, Bárbara Castillo-Abdul, Rosa García-Ruiz, Alejandro Rodríguez-Martín. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited.es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherMedia and Communicationes
dc.rightsAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectdigital inclusiones
dc.subjectdisabilityes
dc.subjectdown syndromees
dc.subjectinfluenceres
dc.subjectInstagrames
dc.subjectsocial inclusiones
dc.subjectsocial networkses
dc.titleInfluencers With Intellectual Disability in Digital Society: An Opportunity to Advance in Social Inclusiones
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees
dc.identifier.doi10.17645/mac.v10i1.4763es
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