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[Public conversation on vaccines during the covid-19 pandemic in Argentina, 2021-2022].

Flavia DemonteDaniela Paola BrunoLeandro Simón LozanoMaría Florencia MenaAndrés Martín Pereira
Published in: Salud colectiva (2024)
In the face of declining vaccination coverage and the dissemination of health-related information, conversations in the public/mediatic digital sphere constitute a relevant study area for the field of health communication. Through a qualitative study based on the analysis of government publications, digital press, and social media, we characterize the public conversation on vaccines - in terms of topics, moments, axes, and framings in Argentina during the 2020-2021 period - marked by the debate on covid-19 vaccines. The results show that public conversation focused on covid-19 vaccination, structured in two distinct moments (vaccine production and vaccination campaign), and under moral framings grounded in vaccination as a care practice and science as an authoritative voice. Simultaneously, doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines shaped arguments of vaccine hesitancy, which we understand as part of extended practices associated with distrust towards institutions and reinterpretations of scientific knowledge and care.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • social media
  • health information
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • mental health
  • public health
  • affordable care act
  • primary care
  • quality improvement
  • decision making