A multimodal critical discourse analysis of anti-vaccination information on Facebook

Ma, Jinxuan; Stahl, Lynne

doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2017.11.005

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“…Across social media platforms, there was a mix of positive and negative vaccine messaging. Our findings indicate widespread mistrust of government institutions and skepticism towards the vaccine industry across all social media platforms except for pediatrician-authored blogs [ 37 , 41 , 44 , 45 , 47 , 50 - 53 ]. Vaccine-hesitant online communities tend to leverage scientific and academic language to enforce their antivaccination narrative [ 48 ].…”

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“…Regarding social media vaccine resources, researchers evaluated literature on vaccine information on the following social media platforms: YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, and various blogs. Facebook was identified as a vaccine information resource for parents in several studies [ 20 , 38 , 42 , 50 ]. The majority of research literature that focused on social media use among parents was published between 2015 and 2019, reflecting parents’ recent use of social media for seeking vaccine information.…”

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“…The majority of research literature that focused on social media use among parents was published between 2015 and 2019, reflecting parents’ recent use of social media for seeking vaccine information. Parents also accessed social media sites to understand other parents’ experiences with vaccination processes; peer-to-peer information was a valued source of information accessible on social media sites [ 50 ]. Across social media platforms, there was a mix of positive and negative vaccine messaging.…”

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Parental Online Information Access and Childhood Vaccination Decisions in North America: Scoping Review

Ashfield¹,

Donelle²

2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Immunizing children throughout their early years prevents the spread of communicable disease and decreases the morbidity and mortality associated with many vaccine-preventable diseases. Searching online allows individuals rapid access to health information. Objective The purpose of this review was to develop an understanding of the existing literature of parents’ online health information-seeking behaviors to inform their vaccination choices for their children and to identify gaps in the literature around parents’ use of online health information and their vaccination choices. Methods A scoping review of peer-reviewed literature from Canada and the United States was performed. The following databases were utilized to perform the search: PubMed, CINAHL, Nursing & Allied Health Database, Scopus, and PsycINFO. The purpose of this review was to examine parents’ use of online information seeking related to vaccine information and to understand how parents utilize this information to inform decisions about vaccinating their children. Of the 34 papers included in the review, 4 relevant themes and subthemes were identified: information seeking, online information resources, online vaccine content, and trust in health care providers. Results Examination of the literature revealed conflicting information regarding parents’ use of social media and online resources to inform decisions around vaccinating their children. There is evidence of significant misinformation regarding vaccine risks online. Parents’ digital health literacy levels are unknown and may affect their ability to appraise online vaccination information. Conclusions Parents are seeking vaccine information from online sources. However, the influence of online vaccine information on parental vaccine practices remains uncertain.

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Parental Online Information Access and Childhood Vaccination Decisions in North America: Scoping Review

Ashfield¹,

Donelle²

2020

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“…Some message format features may attract people's attention without their conscious self-control and willingness. For example, if information shows vaccination damage examples to increase the number of people involved in a vaccination programme, this might not attract automatic attention and it can have an opposite impact (Ma and Stahl, 2017).…”

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The impact of the emotions that frame mothers' decision-making about the vaccination of toddlers

Cintulová¹

2019

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Introduction: Anti-vaccination campaigns have been broadened with a strong negative impact on the parental refusal of vaccination despite of the fact that fatal diseases had been greatly reduced thanks to mandatory vaccination programmes valid in Slovakia. Methods: We used the questionnaire implemented by the Slovak public health institution to collect meaningful data, analysing the attitudes of 875 mothers of two-years old kids towards vaccination and the impacts of their emotional beliefs on decision-making. Results: The results showed the correlation between attitudes to vaccination and variables such as age (p = 0.136), parenting (p = 0.037), regional district (p = 0.326), emotional backgrounds (p = 0.043) and life experiences (p = 0.015). The emotions have a significant impact on decision-making about vaccination in the first step and on the rational conclusion to get a child vaccinated (p = 0.025). Discussion: In the sample of 875 women, the refusal of vaccination was found to reflect multiple factors, including family background, perceptions about healthy lifestyle and aspects of the natural immune system of children, awareness of risks of the diseases; perceived disadvantages of vaccines; its adverse effects compared to the efficacy, and negative experience with vaccination in the family or social environment in relation to the emotional effects. Conclusions: Most of the parents call for non-mandatory vaccination and they are convinced that vaccination should be at everyone's free choice. On the other hand it can bring great chaos to the vaccination system, break preventive strategies and collective immunity, and may spread many old and new serious diseases into the population.

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“…Seven of the nineteen articles (Barraza et al, 2013;Bucchieri 2016;El Amin et al 2012;Diekema, 2014;Ma and Stahl, 2017;Sadaf et al, 2013;Silverman & Wiley, 2017) explored the rights of the child in juxtaposition to safety of the community in which they live. The articles present the understanding that childhood vaccination is a key intervention against the spread of dangerous diseases and children and the communities they live in are protected when they are vaccinated against a potentially serious infectious disease.…”

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The Ethics of Parental Refusal to Vaccinate: Costs, Community Safety, and Individual Rights

Adewale

Cooper

Felix

et al. 2019

JGPHA

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Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), vaccination has reduced the burden of infectious diseases to a significant extent. In recent times, however, the focus has been more on vaccine safety rather than effectiveness. As with any other public health program, immunizations and associated policies are designed to protect the health of the public. Compared to minor risks of side effects of vaccination, the risk of infection often rationalizes the use of vaccination. In states like Georgia, with fewer outbreaks associated with non-vaccination, the need to access community immunity remains constant. Though some articles have assessed parental refusal of childhood vaccination as an ethical concern, few have addressed the economic burden to society as a result of parental rights to refuse vaccination in the ethical contexts of rights, outbreak costs, and community safety. Methods:A literature review was conducted on both qualitative and quantitative studies that described the ethical issues associated with parental refusal of child vaccinations. Electronic databases through PubMed and EBSCO search engines were examined for studies conducted between 2012-2018. Five reviewers independently assessed those articles for content and relevance.Results: Forty-seven articles were identified by a subject matter expert and assessed by the five reviewers. Nineteen articles, based on relevance and theme were selected by consensus to include in this review. Article themes of "rights of parents," "community rights," and "costs associated with outbreak or mitigation of outbreak" were examined. Conclusions:Ethical issues of community safety and costs of the outbreak, as well as the rights of the child, should be considered in the debate of childhood vaccination. Research, policy, and parental education strategies should also take ethical implications into account to encourage well-informed policy and parental decision-making.

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A multimodal critical discourse analysis of anti-vaccination information on Facebook

Cited by 45 publications

References 42 publications

Parental Online Information Access and Childhood Vaccination Decisions in North America: Scoping Review

Parental Online Information Access and Childhood Vaccination Decisions in North America: Scoping Review

The impact of the emotions that frame mothers' decision-making about the vaccination of toddlers

The Ethics of Parental Refusal to Vaccinate: Costs, Community Safety, and Individual Rights

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