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Emily Burwell; Ankita Agarwal; William L. Romine – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2024
We assess the underlying topics, sentiment, and types of information regarding COVID-19 vaccines cycling through Twitter during the initiation of the vaccine rollout. Once tweets about COVID-19 vaccine posted between 1 December 2020 and 28 February 2021 were collected and preprocessed, they were categorized as either relevant or irrelevant by a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Social Media
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Ju Hui Kang; Eun-Young Ko; Gi Woong Choi – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to explore scientific discourses on vaccination in YouTube comments using the Connectivism theory as a foundational guide in the inquiry of understanding knowledge seeking and sharing. The authors sought to understand how individuals share and seek information by using external sources through URL links to validate their…
Descriptors: Social Media, Video Technology, Scientific Concepts, Science Education
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Van T. Vu – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2024
This study examines the correlation between youngsters' media literacy and their trust in government, support for anti-pandemic regulations, and vaccine readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. The findings show a statistically significant positive correlation between youngsters' media literacy and their trust in government, support for…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Trust (Psychology), Political Attitudes, Immunization Programs
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Benjamin C. Herman; Sarah Poor; Michael P. Clough; Asha Rao; Aaron Kidd; Daniel De Jesús; Davis Varghese – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Informed scientific thinking is a vital component of engaging all socioscientific issues (SSI) such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, socioscientific engagement may be influenced by sociocultural factors and mis/disinformation efforts to the widespread detriment of human and environmental well-being. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Undergraduate Students, Beliefs, Misinformation
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Favour C. Uroko; George C. Nche – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
The aim of this study was to explore: 1) how religious education (RE) contributed to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Christian students in Nigeria; and 2) how RE could be used to counter vaccine hesitancy among students in Nigeria. Although progress has been made in examining different aspects of the coronavirus vaccine hesitancy in Nigeria,…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Misinformation, Immunization Programs, Foreign Countries