Agent Based Model of Anti-Vaccination Movements: Simulations and Comparison with Empirical Data.

ABSTRACT: Background: A realistic description of the social processes leading to the increasing reluctance to various forms of vaccination is a very challenging task. This is due to the complexity of the psychological and social mechanisms determining the positioning of individuals and groups against vaccination and associated activities. Understanding the role played by social media and the Internet in the current spread of the anti-vaccination (AV) movement is of crucial importance. Methods: We present novel, long-term Big Data analyses of Internet activity connected with the AV movement for such different societies as the US and Poland. The datasets we analyzed cover multiyear periods preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting the behavior of vaccine related Internet activity with high temporal

SUBMITTER: Sobkowicz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8402338 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature