A Resistant Strain: Revealing the Online Grassroots Rise of the Antivaccination Movement

An analysis of more than eight years of data from vaccination forums on mothering.com shows that the antivaccination movement is well-organized and widely dispersed, and that it emerged long before concerns about immunity were expressed. The findings are evidence of a formidable challenge to the soc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Calif.), 2017-11, Vol.50 (11), p.60-67
Hauptverfasser:	Bandari, Roja, Zicong Zhou, Hai Qian, Tangherlini, Timothy R., Roychowdhury, Vwani P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	antivaccination movement artificial intelligence Blogs computers and society computing methodologies Diseases Government Grass roots movement healthcare herd immunity human safety Immunity Immunization Instruction sets machine learning mothering.com natural language processing Norms Pediatrics public policy issues social media Social network services vaccination Vaccines web text analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	An analysis of more than eight years of data from vaccination forums on mothering.com shows that the antivaccination movement is well-organized and widely dispersed, and that it emerged long before concerns about immunity were expressed. The findings are evidence of a formidable challenge to the social norms surrounding vaccination.
ISSN:	0018-9162 1558-0814
DOI:	10.1109/MC.2017.4041354