Forming and updating vaccination beliefs: does the continued effect of misinformation depend on what we think we know?

Pluviano, Sara; Watt, Caroline; Pompéia, Sabine; Ekuni, Roberta; Sala, Sergio Della

doi:10.1007/s10339-022-01093-2

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“…Researchers have also considered the effect of misinformation on the zika (Ghenai & Mejova 2017;Valecha et al, 2020) and ebola viruses ( Jin et al, 2014). Negative health behaviors include vaccine hesitancy, which has been most notably related to associations between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism (Dixon et al, 2015;Flynn et al, 2021;Kahan, 2017;Kirkpatrick, 2020;Lewandowsky et al, 2012;Pluviano et al, 2022). The actual effects that are measured vary from self-reported behaviors in response to inaccurate health claims to views on trust in the news media, politics, and general damage to democracy.…”

Section: Societal-level Effects Of Misinformationmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Why) Is Misinformation a Problem?

Adams

Osman

Bechlivanidis

et al. 2023

Perspect Psychol Sci

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In the last decade there has been a proliferation of research on misinformation. One important aspect of this work that receives less attention than it should is exactly why misinformation is a problem. To adequately address this question, we must first look to its speculated causes and effects. We examined different disciplines (computer science, economics, history, information science, journalism, law, media, politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology) that investigate misinformation. The consensus view points to advancements in information technology (e.g., the Internet, social media) as a main cause of the proliferation and increasing impact of misinformation, with a variety of illustrations of the effects. We critically analyzed both issues. As to the effects, misbehaviors are not yet reliably demonstrated empirically to be the outcome of misinformation; correlation as causation may have a hand in that perception. As to the cause, advancements in information technologies enable, as well as reveal, multitudes of interactions that represent significant deviations from ground truths through people’s new way of knowing (intersubjectivity). This, we argue, is illusionary when understood in light of historical epistemology. Both doubts we raise are used to consider the cost to established norms of liberal democracy that come from efforts to target the problem of misinformation.

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Section: Societal-level Effects Of Misinformationmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Why) Is Misinformation a Problem?

Adams

Osman

Bechlivanidis

et al. 2023

Perspect Psychol Sci

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“…Destaca-se também que, apesar da relevante presença de estudos sobre divulgação e educação científica, poucos são os estudos experimentais realizados que apresentam evidências científicas sobre melhores formas de enfrentar a desinformação. Dentre os resultados dos estudos experimentais, destaca-se preocupações sobre características próprias da região, como falta de acesso à informação, e influência de grupos de interesses políticos e religiosos para a consolidação de sistemas de crença propícios para a desinformação e comportamento conspiratório [Peralta, Sánchez & González, 2022;Vijaykumar, Rogerson, Jin & Costa, 2022;Pluviano, Watt, Pompéia, Ekuni & Della Sala, 2022]. [Gehrke & Benetti, 2021;León, Cazar & Campaña, 2021;Molina, 2021].…”

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“…Em um cenário de polarização, se um grupo acredita em uma afirmação, o grupo oposto se recusa a acreditar, pouco importando o consenso científico [Pivaro & Girotto Jr., 2020]. No caso das teorias da conspiração, identificamos que o conceito é apresentado como narrativas complexas, bem elaboradas e, por vezes, criativas, que dissertam sobre planos malévolos e intenções secretas de grandes instituições, como governos e empresas [Pluviano et al, 2022;Tokojima Machado, Siqueira & Gitahy, 2020]. Essas histórias seriam criadas para apresentar respostas e soluções alternativas a fatos reais e/ou percepções [Araujo & Oliveira, 2020].…”

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“…Por sua vez, as teorias da conspiração encontram sinergia com ideologias pessoais, culturais e/ou políticas de grupos de pessoas que, por fim, acreditam, defendem e disseminam tais informações [Pluviano et al, 2022]. Como mencionado anteriormente, essa oposição é mais forte em um cenário de polarização política [Pivaro & Girotto Jr., 2020] e se assemelha às motivações de negacionistas, movidos por oposição às práticas científicas, ignorando e questionando dados comprovados [A. C. Bezerra, Schneider & Capurro, 2022;Girotto Jr., Vasconcelos & Pivaro, 2022].…”

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Pesquisa em desinformação e divulgação científica: uma revisão da literatura latino-americana

Mancoso,

Paes,

de Oliveira

et al. 2023

Journal of Science Communication - América Latina

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Neste artigo, temos como objetivo realizar uma revisão de literatura dos estudos realizados na América Latina sobre desinformação e divulgação científica, em particular dos artigos acadêmicos sobre essa temàtica. Nosso corpus consistiu de 142 artigos, identificados nas bases Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions e Scielo. Os resultados mostram que o Brasil é o principal palco dessas anàlises e aparece em 65,5% do corpus. Aponta-se para uma concentração de pesquisas publicadas a partir de 2020, que se correlacionam com a pandemia de Covid-19, sendo essa a temàtica mais estudada (69,0%). Os artigos abordam estudos de redes sociais digitais (35,2%) e estudos de mídia (33,1%). Argumenta-se a necessidade de fortalecer a colaboração entre grupos de pesquisa nos países latino-americanos como forma de entender as particularidades da circulação da desinformação científica na região e estruturar melhores formas para o seu enfrentamento.

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“…Hesitancy towards vaccinations can also be influenced by social and political reasons. Some people might be swayed by anti-vaccine organisations or others who disseminate misinformation regarding vaccines (Pluviano et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of the Engagement with COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Posts in Sri Lankan Health-Oriented Social Media: A Social Listening Approach

Fernando,

Ranwala,

Ashoranga

et al. 2023

Journal of Creative Communications

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With the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccination, there was a rise in anti-vaccine narratives leading to vaccine hesitancy. Social media platforms like Facebook have introduced policies to control the spread of these narratives. However, the comments section is frequently ignored. A preliminary anti-vaccination codebook was created using criteria identified in international literature and completed using the comments on the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB)’s Facebook page, which is the centre for health education and publicity of health information in Sri Lanka. Next, the most commented vaccine-related posts for each quarter were extracted from the HPB Facebook page and the comments were coded according to the finalised codebook and were analysed. The finalised codebook contained a total of 24 codes that were organised into six primary categories. A total of 7,316 comments were extracted. The comments that were against vaccination constituted 47.3% of all vaccine-related comments. The most commonly occurring code was ‘health hazards’. It was evident that the number of comments against vaccination has increased with time. This may indicate that anti-vaccination movements are becoming more prevalent in. It is essential to engage in extensive social listening in order to forestall the propagation of anti-vaccine sentiments and conspiracy theories.

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Forming and updating vaccination beliefs: does the continued effect of misinformation depend on what we think we know?

Cited by 9 publications

References 47 publications

(Why) Is Misinformation a Problem?

(Why) Is Misinformation a Problem?

Pesquisa em desinformação e divulgação científica: uma revisão da literatura latino-americana

Analysis of the Engagement with COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Posts in Sri Lankan Health-Oriented Social Media: A Social Listening Approach

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