University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (UTHSC-ORNL) Center for Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, Memphis, TN, USA.
The Bredesen Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 Nov 18;287:165-166. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210839.
Almost half of the world population has received at least one dose of vaccine against the COVID-19 virus. However, vaccine hesitancy amongst certain populations is driving new waves of infections at alarming rates. The popularity of online social media platforms attracts supporters of the anti-vaccination movement who spread misinformation about vaccine safety and effectiveness. We conducted a semantic network analysis to explore and analyze COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on the Reddit social media platform.
全球近一半人口至少接种了一剂针对 COVID-19 病毒的疫苗。然而,某些人群对接种疫苗的犹豫态度正以惊人的速度引发新一波感染。在线社交媒体平台的普及吸引了反疫苗运动的支持者,他们传播有关疫苗安全性和有效性的错误信息。我们进行了语义网络分析,以探索和分析 Reddit 社交媒体平台上的 COVID-19 疫苗错误信息。