Social media and attitudes towards a COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review of the literature

F Cascini, A Pantovic, YA Al-Ajlouni, G Failla… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Vaccine hesitancy continues to limit global efforts in combatting the COVID-19
pandemic. Emerging research demonstrates the role of social media in disseminating …

The efficacy of Facebook's vaccine misinformation policies and architecture during the COVID-19 pandemic

DA Broniatowski, JR Simons, J Gu, AM Jamison… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Online misinformation promotes distrust in science, undermines public health, and may drive
civil unrest. During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, Facebook—the world's largest …

Online intergroup polarization across political fault lines: An integrative review

AM Bliuc, A Bouguettaya, KD Felise - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We revisit the construct of political polarization and current distinctions between issue-driven
and affective polarization. Based on our review of recent research on polarization from …

COVID-19 conspiracy theories discussion on Twitter

D Erokhin, A Yosipof… - Social media+ …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was an unexpected event and
resulted in catastrophic consequences with long-lasting behavioral effects. People began to …

Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy on English-language Twitter

M Thelwall, K Kousha, S Thelwall - 2021 - wlv.openrepository.com
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy seems likely to increase mortality rates and delay the easing of
social distancing restrictions. Online platforms with large audiences may influence vaccine …

# Scamdemic,# Plandemic, or# Scaredemic: what Parler social media platform tells us about COVID-19 vaccine

A Baines, M Ittefaq, M Abwao - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study aims to understand public discussions regarding COVID-19 vaccine on Parler, a
newer social media platform that recently gained in popularity. Through analyzing a random …

On the relationship between conspiracy theory beliefs, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy

AM Enders, J Uscinski, C Klofstad, J Stoler - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
At the time of writing, nearly one hundred published studies demonstrate that beliefs in
COVID-19 conspiracy theories and misinformation are negatively associated with COVID-19 …

Influence of rapid COVID-19 vaccine development on vaccine hesitancy

S Rosenthal, CL Cummings - Vaccine, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction In the race to deploy vaccines to prevent COVID-19, there is a need to
understand factors influencing vaccine hesitancy. Secondary risk theory is a useful …

A national survey to assess the COVID-19 vaccine-related conspiracy beliefs, acceptability, preference, and willingness to pay among the general population of …

MS Arshad, I Hussain, T Mahmood, K Hayat, A Majeed… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current study aims to assess the beliefs of the general public in Pakistan towards
conspiracy theories, acceptance, willingness to pay, and preference for the COVID-19 …

COVID-19 vaccination attitudes and intention: message framing and the moderating role of perceived vaccine benefits

P Borah, J Hwang, YC Hsu - Journal of Health Communication, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The United States is one of the hardest-hit countries by the COVID-19 pandemic and yet
there is widespread hesitancy to take the vaccine. In order to address vaccine hesitancy and …