Media Data and Vaccine Hesitancy: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Media studies are important for vaccine hesitancy research, as they analyze how the media shapes risk perceptions and vaccine uptake. Despite the growth in studies in this field owing to advances in computing and language processing and an expanding social media landscape, no study has consolidated the methodological approaches used to study vaccine hesitancy. Synthesizing this information can better structure and set a precedent for this growing subfield of digital epidemiology.

Objective

This review aimed to identify and illustrate the media platforms and methods used to study vaccine hesitancy and how they build or contribute to the study of the media's influence on vaccine hesitancy and public health.

Methods

This study followed the PRISMA-ScR (Preferre

SUBMITTER: Yin JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987198 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature