ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2021
Online misinformation and vaccine hesitancy.
Article in Translational behavioral medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
102 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Social Media and HPV Vaccine Hesitancy: How Misinformation Affects Latino Parents.Journal of community health · 2026Article
- Online Information as a Double-Edged Sword: A Multilevel Analysis of Vaccination Skepticism Based on ISSP 2021.Journal of community health · 2026Article
- When Deepfakes Meet Herd Immunity: Artificial Intelligence, Vaccine Avoidance, and the Next Infodemic Threat.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Article
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- Vaccine-related misinformation and attitude toward COVID-19 vaccination in Japan.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Although rates of vaccination have increased worldwide, the rise in nonmedical exemptions for vaccination may have caused a resurgence of childhood vaccine-preventable diseases. Vaccine hesitancy plays an important role in the decreasing rates of vaccination and is considered by the World Health Organization as a top ten global threat to public health. Online vaccine misinformation is present in news outlets, websites, and social media, and its rapid and extensive dissemination is aided by artificial intelligence (AI). In combating online misinformation, public health experts, the medical community, and lay vaccination advocates can correct false statements using language that appeal to those who are undecided about vaccination. As the gatekeepers to online information, they can implement and enforce policy that limits or bans vaccine misinformation on their platforms. AI tools might also be used to address misinformation, but more research is needed before implementing this approach more broadly in health policy. This commentary examines the role that different online platforms appear to be playing in the spread of misinformation about vaccines. We also discuss the implications of online misinformation on attitudes about COVID-19 vaccine uptake and provide suggestions for ways to combat online misinformation.
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