Ma Jinxuan, Bonnici Laurie
School of Library and Information Management Emporia State University USA.
College of Communication & Information Sciences University of Alabama USA.
Proc Assoc Inf Sci Technol. 2022;59(1):747-749. doi: 10.1002/pra2.713. Epub 2022 Oct 14.
As false and debunked claims about the COVID-19 virus and vaccines were pervasively disseminated across online social networks, their detrimental effects necessitated that social media companies track down and remove the disinformation. To explore the lingering vaccine hesitancy and resistance within a vaccine discussion group on Facebook, this study applies a nascent framework called Information Acts in three communication styles. Employing critical discourse analysis methodology, this study showed that the dominant communication styles of vaccine hesitant participants (VHPs) are locutionary and perlocutionary acts. Those VHPs can reduce and eventually end their vaccine hesitancy and resistance in the process of informative and rational communication and interactive and ad-hoc support for informed decision-making. The results pose challenges and opportunities for public health communication and information provision to cultivate information resilience and interventions targeting VHPs.
由于关于新冠病毒和疫苗的虚假及已被揭穿的说法在在线社交网络中广泛传播，其有害影响使得社交媒体公司有必要追踪并删除这些虚假信息。为了探究脸书上一个疫苗讨论组中持续存在的疫苗犹豫和抵制现象，本研究以三种交流方式应用了一个名为“信息行为”的新兴框架。采用批判性话语分析方法，本研究表明，疫苗犹豫参与者（VHPs）的主导交流方式是言内行为和言后行为。这些VHPs可以在信息丰富且理性的交流以及为明智决策提供互动和临时支持的过程中减少并最终消除他们的疫苗犹豫和抵制。研究结果对公共卫生传播和信息提供提出了挑战与机遇，以培养信息恢复力并针对VHPs进行干预。
