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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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Lee, Jiyoung; Kang, Dayoung; Lee, Hee Yun; Kim, Ji Won – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the joint effect of two core message elements -- authoritative source and argument strength -- in correction tweets to counter conspiratorial misinformation about the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Design/Method: An online experiment with US residents (N = 404) was conducted in a 2 (authoritative…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Misinformation, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control