The "anti-vax" movement: a quantitative report on vaccine beliefs and knowledge across social media.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media use has become a mainstay of communication and with that comes the exchange of factual and non-factual information. Social media has given many people the opportunity to speak their opinions without repercussions and create coalitionS of like-minded people. This also has led to the development of a community know as anti-vaxxers or vaccine deniers. This research explores the extent to which vaccine knowledge has reached on social media.

Methods

This cross sectional research explored the relationship between the spread of information regarding vaccines in relation to social media use. A sample of 2515 people over the age of 18 around the world completed the survey via a link distributed on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. A series of questions on vacci

SUBMITTER: Benoit SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8596085 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature