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ArticleScientific reports2024

The impact of toxic trolling comments on anti-vaccine YouTube videos.

Kunihiro Miyazaki, Takayuki Uchiba, Haewoon Kwak, Jisun An, Kazutoshi Sasahara

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kunihiro MiyazakiLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA. kunihirom@acm.org.
Takayuki UchibaSugakubunka Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
Haewoon KwakLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Jisun AnLuddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Kazutoshi SasaharaSchool of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. sasahara.k.aa@m.titech.ac.jp.

Funding

Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJCR20D3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-vaccine trolling on video-hosting websites hinders efforts to increase vaccination rates by using toxic language and threatening claims to intimidate people and promote vaccine hesitancy. However, there is a shortage of research investigating the effects of toxic messages on these platforms. This study focused on YouTube anti-vaccine videos and examined the relationship between toxicity and fear in the comment section of these videos. We discovered that highly liked toxic comments were associated with a significant level of fear in subsequent comments. Moreover, we found complex patterns of contagion between toxicity and fear in the comments. These findings suggest that initial troll comments can evoke negative emotions in viewers, potentially fueling vaccine hesitancy. Our research bears essential implications for managing public health messaging and online communities, particularly in moderating fear-mongering messages about vaccines on social media.

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Social MediaUrsidaeVaccinesAnimalsHumansLanguageVaccinationVideo RecordingVaccinesEmotional contagionFearful commentToxic commentVaccine hesitancyYouTube videos

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PMID38429466
PMCPMC10907339

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