COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Discussion on Twitter: Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaccination is a cornerstone of the prevention of communicable infectious diseases; however, vaccines have traditionally met with public fear and hesitancy, and COVID-19 vaccines are no exception. Social media use has been demonstrated to play a role in the low acceptance of vaccines.

Objective

The aim of this study is to identify the topics and sentiments in the public COVID-19 vaccine-related discussion on social media and discern the salient changes in topics and sentiments over time to better understand the public perceptions, concerns, and emotions that may influence the achievement of herd immunity goals.

Methods

Tweets were downloaded from a large-scale COVID-19 Twitter chatter data set from March 11, 2020, the day the World Health Organization decla

SUBMITTER: Lyu JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244724 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature