Misinformation on vaccination: A quantitative analysis of YouTube videos

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1654-1659

  Donzelli, Gabriele ^a   Palomba, Giacomo ^a   Federigi, Ileana ^a   Aquino, Francesco ^a   Cioni, Lorenzo ^b   Verani, Marco ^a   Carducci, Annalaura ^a   Lopalco, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; quantitative analysis; social media; vaccine hesitancy; YouTube videos

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; LENGTH; MIINFORMATION; PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS; VACCINATION; VIDEORECORDING; YOUTUBE VIDEO; CHILD; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VACCINATION REFUSAL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; VACCINATION; VACCINATION REFUSAL; VACCINES;

EID: 85046742972     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1454572     Document Type: Article

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