Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter
In February 2020, the World Health Organization announced an ‘infodemic’—a deluge of both accurate and inaccurate health information—that accompanied the global pandemic of COVID-19 as a major challenge to effective health communication. We assessed content from the most active vaccine accounts on T...
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| author | Amelia M. Jamison David A. Broniatowski Mark Dredze Anu Sangraula Michael C. Smith Sandra C. Quinn |
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| description | In February 2020, the World Health Organization announced an ‘infodemic’—a deluge of both accurate and inaccurate health information—that accompanied the global pandemic of COVID-19 as a major challenge to effective health communication. We assessed content from the most active vaccine accounts on Twitter to understand how existing online communities contributed to the ‘infodemic’ during the early stages of the pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c7d9ab497ae4f729b3c20cdf7464ad02022-12-21T19:37:14ZengHarvard Kennedy SchoolHarvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review2766-16522020-09-011310.37016/mr-2020-38Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on TwitterAmelia M. Jamison0David A. Broniatowski1Mark Dredze2Anu Sangraula3Michael C. Smith4Sandra C. Quinn5Center for Health Equity, University of Maryland, USAInstitute for Data, Democracy, and Politics, & Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, The George Washington University, USADepartment of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, USACenter for Health Equity, University of Maryland, USADepartment of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, The George Washington University, USADepartment of Family Science, & Center for Health Equity, University of Maryland, USAIn February 2020, the World Health Organization announced an ‘infodemic’—a deluge of both accurate and inaccurate health information—that accompanied the global pandemic of COVID-19 as a major challenge to effective health communication. We assessed content from the most active vaccine accounts on Twitter to understand how existing online communities contributed to the ‘infodemic’ during the early stages of the pandemic.https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/not-just-conspiracy-theories-vaccine-opponents-and-pro-ponents-add-to-the-covid-19-infodemic-on-twitter/conspiracy theoriescovid-19public healthtwittervaccines |
| spellingShingle | Amelia M. Jamison David A. Broniatowski Mark Dredze Anu Sangraula Michael C. Smith Sandra C. Quinn Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review conspiracy theories covid-19 public health vaccines |
| title | Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter |
| title_full | Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter |
| title_fullStr | Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter |
| title_short | Not just conspiracy theories: Vaccine opponents and proponents add to the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’ on Twitter |
| title_sort | not just conspiracy theories vaccine opponents and proponents add to the covid 19 infodemic on twitter |
| topic | conspiracy theories covid-19 public health vaccines |
| url | https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/not-just-conspiracy-theories-vaccine-opponents-and-pro-ponents-add-to-the-covid-19-infodemic-on-twitter/ |
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