Aggressive behaviour of anti-vaxxers and their toxic replies in English and Japanese

Abstract The anti-vaccine movement has gained traction in many countries since the COVID-19 pandemic began. However, their aggressive behaviour through replies on Twitter—a form of directed messaging that can be sent beyond follow-follower relationships—is less understood, and even less is known abo...

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Main Authors: Kunihiro Miyazaki, Takayuki Uchiba, Kenji Tanaka, Kazutoshi Sasahara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2022-07-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01245-x