The #VaccinesWork Hashtag on Twitter in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Network Analysis.

Aïna Fuster-Casanovas Ronnie Das Josep Vidal-Alaball Francesc López Seguí Wasim Ahmed

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2022)

This study investigated the discussions surrounding the #VaccinesWork hashtag. Social media networks containing conspiracy theories tend to contain dubious accounts leading the discussions and are often linked to unverified information. This kind of analysis can be useful to detect the optimal moment for launching health campaigns on Twitter.

Keyphrases

social media
health information
network analysis
healthcare
public health
advance care planning
data analysis