Identifying Vaccine Hesitant Communities on Twitter and their Geolocations: A Network Approach

dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Jeanette
dc.contributor.authorFeatherstone , Jade D.
dc.contributor.authorBarnett, George A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-24T19:49:12Z
dc.date.available2020-12-24T19:49:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-05
dc.description.abstractVaccine misinformation online may contribute to the increase of anti-vaccine sentiment and vaccine-hesitant behaviors. Social network data was used to identify Twitter vaccine influencers, their online twitter communities, and their geolocations to determine pro-vaccine and vaccine-hesitant online communities. We explored 139,433 tweets and identified 420 vaccine Twitter influencers—opinion leaders and assessed 13,487 of their tweets and 7,731 of their connections. Semantic network analysis was employed to determine twitter conversation themes. Results suggest that locating social media influencers is an efficient way to identify and target vaccine-hesitant communities online. We discuss the implications of using this process for public health education and disease management.
dc.format.extent6 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2021.480
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-4-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/71096
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectSocia Media and Healthcare Technology
dc.subjectsocial networks
dc.subjecttwitter
dc.subjectvaccine hesitancy
dc.titleIdentifying Vaccine Hesitant Communities on Twitter and their Geolocations: A Network Approach
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