COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A narrative review of four South Asian countries

F Ennab, RK Qasba, U Uday, P Priya… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives Vaccine hesitancy remains a global issue, especially within poverty-stricken
countries where there's an interplay of financial and non-financial barriers. This narrative …

Research on influencing factors and governance of disinformation dissemination on science and technology topics: an empirical study on the topic of “metaverse”

X Wang, X Feng, J Zhao - Internet Research, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The online Question and Answer community is full of a large number of science
and technology topics, the discussion and dissemination of which play an important role in …

Do social media influencers influence the vaccination drive? An application of source credibility theory and uses and gratification theory

F Alam, M Tao, R Rastogi, A Mendiratta… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
The role of social media influencers (SMIs) in promoting COVID-19 vaccination drives has
caught the attention of scholars and practitioners worldwide but remains understudied in …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting blood donation through social media: Evidence from Brazil, India and the USA

S Harrell, AM Simons, P Clasen - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media has the potential to encourage prosocial behaviors at scale, yet very little
causal evidence exists on the impact of related efforts. Blood donation is a particularly …

Follow or not? Descriptive norms and public health compliance: Mediating role of risk perception and moderating effect of behavioral visibility

S Zhang, Y Wang, Y Wei - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In a pandemic context, public health events are receiving unprecedented attention, and
identifying ways to enhance individual public health compliance behaviors has become an …

Initial trust formation on shared autonomous vehicles: Exploring the effects of personality-, transfer-and performance-based stimuli

M Wu, KF Yuen - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Building initial trust is critical for the acceptance of shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs).
Initial trust determines whether this emerging mobility solution will be accepted when it is …

Effects of a video-based positive side-effect information framing: An online experiment.

FL Bender, W Rief, J Brück, M Wilhelm - Health Psychology, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Despite the public health value of vaccines, vaccination uptake rates are
stagnating. Expected adverse events following immunization are a major source of concern …

Influence of media information sources on vaccine uptake: the full and inconsistent mediating role of vaccine hesitancy

A Recio-Román, M Recio-Menéndez… - Computation, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vaccine hesitancy is a significant public health concern, with numerous studies
demonstrating its negative impact on immunization rates. One factor that can influence …

Social media use and vaccination among Democrats and Republicans: Informational and normative influences

SL DeMora, JAG Samayoa, D Albarracín - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Our objective was to determine whether social media influences vaccination through
informational and normative influences among Democrats and Republicans. We use a …

Understanding the determinants of vaccine hesitancy in the United States: A comparison of social surveys and social media

K Sasse, R Mahabir, O Gkountouna, A Crooks… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments worldwide to implement a range of
containment measures, including mass gathering restrictions, social distancing, and school …