The Prevalence and Impact of Fake News on COVID-19 Vaccination in Taiwan: Retrospective Study of Digital Media

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 24; no. 4; p. e36830
• Main Authors: Chen, Yen-Pin, Chen, Yi-Ying, Yang, Kai-Chou, Lai, Feipei, Huang, Chien-Hua, Chen, Yun-Nung, Tu, Yi-Chin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 26.04.2022; Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Computational linguistics; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 vaccines; COVID-19 Vaccines - therapeutic use; Decision making; Digital broadcasting; Digital media; Disinformation; Dosage; False information; Humans; Immunity; Immunization; Incitement; Internet; Keywords; Language; Language processing; Medical research; Misinformation; Natural language interfaces; News; Original Paper; Pandemics; Popularity; Population; Prevalence; Public health; Retrospective Studies; Social Media; Taiwan - epidemiology; Trends; Vaccination; Vaccine hesitancy; Web sites; Taiwan; COVID-19; vaccine hesitancy; infodemic; misinformation; infodemiology; public immunity; social media; fake news; vaccination

Vaccination is an important intervention to prevent the incidence and spread of serious diseases. Many factors including information obtained from the internet influence individuals' decisions to vaccinate. Misinformation is a critical issue and can be hard to detect, although it can change peo...