Pro-Vaxxers Get Out: Anti-Vaccination Advocates Influence Undecided First-Time, Pregnant, and New Mothers on Facebook

Bradshaw, Amanda S.; Shelton, Summer; Wollney, Easton; Treise, Debbie; Auguste, Kendra

doi:10.1080/10410236.2020.1712037

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“…Politicizing cues can shift attitudes about scientific topics because evoking partisan identities and values leads individuals to follow partisan elites over other experts, even if those positions are incorrect (Bolsen and Druckman, 2018). Alternatively, emphasizing narratives about "naturalness" can reduce support for vaccination and GM foods (Blancke et al, 2015;Bradshaw et al, 2020;Hasell and Stroud, 2020). In sum, the language and topics that are discussed alongside an issue may influence peoples' conceptualization or interpretation of that issue.…”

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Platform Effects on Alternative Influencer Content: Understanding How Audiences and Channels Shape Misinformation Online

2021

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People are increasingly exposed to science and political information from social media. One consequence is that these sites play host to “alternative influencers,” who spread misinformation. However, content posted by alternative influencers on different social media platforms is unlikely to be homogenous. Our study uses computational methods to investigate how dimensions we refer to as audience and channel of social media platforms influence emotion and topics in content posted by “alternative influencers” on different platforms. Using COVID-19 as an example, we find that alternative influencers’ content contained more anger and fear words on Facebook and Twitter compared to YouTube. We also found that these actors discussed substantively different topics in their COVID-19 content on YouTube compared to Twitter and Facebook. With these findings, we discuss how the audience and channel of different social media platforms affect alternative influencers’ ability to spread misinformation online.

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Platform Effects on Alternative Influencer Content: Understanding How Audiences and Channels Shape Misinformation Online

2021

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“…According to the theory of normative social behavior (Cialdini et al, 1991;Rimal & Lapinski, 2015), individuals' behaviors are shaped by beliefs about how others in their social group are behaving (descriptive norms) and the perceived social pressure to follow such behaviors (injunctive norms). A number of studies show the impact of both descriptive and injunctive social norms on a variety of behaviors, including intentions for screening for diseases (Juon et al, 2017;Smith-McLallen & Fishbein, 2008) as well as intentions to vaccinate against a number of diseases (e.g., Bradshaw et al, 2020;Chen et al, 2020;Xiao, 2019;Xiao & Borah, 2020).…”

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“…Injunctive norms activate individuals' motivation for group-affiliation, where their behaviors are shaped by perceptions of social rewards and retribution (Cialdini et al, 1991). A number of experimental and survey-based studies from diverse samples such as college students' (Lee & Su, 2020;Xiao & Borah, 2020), parents (e.g., Bradshaw et al, 2020), and general population (e.g., Juon et al, 2017;Smith-McLallen & Fishbein, 2008; also see Brewer et al, 2017) find a positive association between social norms and health behaviors including vaccination intentions.…”

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“…A number of studies show that trust in scientists, government, mass media are important determinants of vaccination intentions and behavior (Bradshaw et al, 2020;Cadeddu et al, 2020;de Figueiredo et al, 2020). Liu and Yang (2020) found that trust was positively associated with vaccination intention and was one of the strongly associated factors with intention for a domestic vaccine (compared to imported vaccine, where trust was not significantly associated).…”

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Planning for a COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign: The Role of Social Norms, Trust, Knowledge, and Vaccine Attitudes

Thaker¹

2020

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Building public trust and willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19 is as important as developing a safe and effective vaccine to contain the pandemic. Based on the theory of normative social behavior, trust, and the theory of planned behavior, this study tests a comprehensive model for COVID-19 vaccine intentions using a national sample survey of the New Zealand public (N=1040). Among the factors assessed in the study, attitudes towards vaccine was most strongly associated with COVID-19 vaccination intentions, followed by trust in mass media, and social norms. While COVID-19 knowledge was associated with COVID-19 vaccine intention, it was not associated with willingness to pay or get on a COVID-19 vaccine list. In contrast, communication competence was not associated with COVID-19 vaccine intention but was significantly associated with willingness to pay or get on a COVID-19 vaccine list. Findings can help inform theory and practice of health campaigns to fight vaccine disinformation and increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake, when available.

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“…These are often passionate and committed group who do not have to follow the same stringent evidence protocols of clinicians 7 .…”

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Abbott

2021

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

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Pro-Vaxxers Get Out: Anti-Vaccination Advocates Influence Undecided First-Time, Pregnant, and New Mothers on Facebook

Cited by 59 publications

References 33 publications

Platform Effects on Alternative Influencer Content: Understanding How Audiences and Channels Shape Misinformation Online

Platform Effects on Alternative Influencer Content: Understanding How Audiences and Channels Shape Misinformation Online

Planning for a COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign: The Role of Social Norms, Trust, Knowledge, and Vaccine Attitudes

#thehorsehasbolted #canwecatchit? #isitworthit?

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