Applications of Social Media and Digital Technologies in COVID-19 Vaccination: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media and digital technologies have played essential roles in disseminating information and promoting vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to summarize the applications and analytical techniques of social media and digital technologies in monitoring vaccine attitudes and administering COVID-19 vaccines.

Objective

We aimed to synthesize the global evidence on the applications of social media and digital technologies in COVID-19 vaccination and to explore their avenues to promote COVID-19 vaccination.

Methods

We searched 6 databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, EBSCO, and IEEE Xplore) for English-language articles from December 2019 to August 2022. The search terms covered keywords relating to social media, digital tech

SUBMITTER: Zang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9924059 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature