Background Nations of considerable wealth and sophisticated health care infrastructures
have experienced high rates of illness and death from COVID-19. Others with limited …

Purpose This study investigates the communication behavior of public health organizations
on Twitter during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Brazil. It contributes to the …

The study assesses the extent to which Taliban 2.0 utilised social media as a political
mobilisation strategy and provides a response through discourse analysis and a literature …

Social media plays a major role in public communication in many countries. Therefore, it has
a large impact on societies and their cohesion. This thematic issue explores the impact …

In jüngerer Zeit wird-nicht zuletzt befeuert durch die Corona Pandemie-wiederholt von einer
Polarisierung innerhalb der Gesellschaft gesprochen, die jener der Zwischenkriegszeit in …

Die Ankündigung einer Impfpflicht im November 2021 in Österreich steht in einer langen
Reihe politischer Verordnungen zur Eindämmung der COVID-19-Pandemie. Diese als …

Digital information and communication platforms like social media are implicated in the
spread of digital polarization, mis-and dis-information, and other types of antisocial online …

Social media made public discourse accessible but also increased online incivility. Mental
health stigma is linked to the derogatory misuse of psychiatric terms like neurotic and …

A hesitação vacinal representa um desafio significativo para os programas de imunização
em todo o mundo. Mesmo com o reconhecimento das vacinas como uma das ferramentas …

This conceptual paper argues that communication by political actors is a source of
polarization and a limiting factor of social cohesion in France. The leading discourse by …