Mis-tweeting communication: a Vaccine Hesitancy analysis among twitter users in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

A previously unseen body of scientific knowledge of varying quality has been produced during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It has proven extremely difficult to navigate for experts and laymen alike, originating a phenomenon described as "Infodemic", a breeding ground for misinformation. This has a potential impact on vaccine hesitancy that must be considered in a situation where efficient vaccination campaigns are of the greatest importance. We aimed at describing the polarization and volumes of Italian language tweets in the months before and after the start of the vaccination campaign in Italy.

Methods

Tweets were sampled in the October 2020-January 2021 period. The characteristics of the dataset were analyzed after manual annotation as Anti-Vax, Pro-Va

SUBMITTER: Gori D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851020 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature