COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy on Social Media: Building a Public Twitter Data Set of Antivaccine Content, Vaccine Misinformation, and Conspiracies
Abstract
False claims about COVID-19 vaccines can undermine public trust in ongoing vaccination campaigns, posing a threat to global public health. Misinformation originating from various sources has been spreading on the web since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Antivaccine activists have also begun to use platforms such as Twitter to promote their views. To properly understand the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy through the lens of social media, it is of great importance to gather the relevant data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 17, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.2196/30642
Entities
People
- Emilio Ferrara
- Goran Murić
- Yusong Wu