Online Media Use and COVID-19 Vaccination in Real-World Personal Networks: Quantitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies assessing the impact of online media and social media use on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy predominantly rely on survey data, which often fail to capture the clustering of health opinions and behaviors within real-world networks. In contrast, research using social network analysis aims to uncover the diverse communities and discourse themes related to vaccine support and hesitancy within social media platforms. Despite these advancements, there is a gap in the literature on how a person's social circle affects vaccine acceptance, wherein an important part of social influence stems from offline interactions.

Objective

We aimed to examine how online media consumption influences vaccination decisions within real-world social networks by analyzing unique qua

SUBMITTER: Oana I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549583 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature