Widespread vaccination remains the best option for controlling the spread of COVID-19 and
ending the pandemic. Despite the considerable disruption the virus has caused to people's …

Social media, blogs, podcasts, and other computer-mediated communication technology
have become an integral way for the public to access and engage with research. However …

Moral rhetoric plays a fundamental role in how we perceive and interpret the information we
receive, greatly influencing our decision-making process. Especially when it comes to …

Taking advantage of 3 million English-language posts by Facebook public pages, this study
answers the following questions: How did the amount of COVID-19 vaccine-related …

Objectives. To report on vaccine opposition and misinformation promoted on Twitter,
highlighting Twitter accounts that drive conversation. Methods. We used supervised …

Mental health discussions on public forums influence the perceptions of people. Negative
consequences may result from hostile and “othering” portrayals of people with mental …

Background Antivaccination views pervade online social media, fueling distrust in scientific
expertise and increasing the number of vaccine-hesitant individuals. Although previous …

Monitoring social discourse about COVID-19 vaccines is key to understanding how large
populations perceive vaccination campaigns. This work reconstructs how popular and …

Moral rhetoric influences our judgement. Although social scientists recognize moral
expression as domain specific, there are no systematic methods for analyzing whether a text …

Anthropogenic climate change threatens the structure and function of ecosystems
throughout the globe, but many people are still skeptical of its existence. Traditional …