Misinformation on vaccination: A quantitative analysis of YouTube videos
Misinformation on vaccination: A quantitative analysis of YouTube videos
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DOI：
10.1080/21645515.2018.1454572
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Lopalco, Pierluigi
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作者：
Donzelli, Gabriele;Palomba, Giacomo;Lopalco, Pierluigi
在意大利，疫苗犹豫现象随着时间的推移而增加，这是一个复杂的问题，需要持续监测。媒体和社交媒体上的错误信息似乎是疫苗犹豫的决定因素之一，例如，2016年，42.8%的意大利公民通过互联网获取疫苗信息。本文报告了对560个YouTube视频的定量分析，这些视频与疫苗和自闭症或其他严重副作用之间的联系有关。分析显示，大多数视频都是负面的基调，每年上传的视频数量在考虑期间有所增加，即从2007年12月27日到2017年7月31日，2017年前七个月达到224个视频的峰值。这些调查结果表明，公共机构应该更多地参与建立网络存在，以提供可靠的信息，答案，故事和视频，以回答公众关于疫苗接种的问题。这些行动可能有助于公民对疫苗作出知情决定，以遵守疫苗接种规定。
In Italy, the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy has increased with time and represents a complex problem that requires a continuous monitoring. Misinformation on media and social media seems to be one of the determinants of the vaccine hesitancy since, for instance, 42.8 percent of Italian citizens used the internet to obtain vaccine information in 2016.This article reports a quantitative analysis of 560 YouTube videos related to the link between vaccines and autism or other serious side effects on children.The analysis revealed that most of the videos were negative in tone and that the annual number of uploaded videos has increased during the considered period, that goes from 27 December 2007 to 31 July 2017, with a peak of 224 videos in the first seven months of 2017.These findings suggest that the public institutions should be more engaged in establishing a web presence in order to provide reliable information, answers, stories, and videos so to respond to questions of the public about vaccination. These actions could be useful to allow citizens to make informed decisions about vaccines so to comply with vaccination regulations.