Vaccine Hesitancy Poses Threat to Efforts to End Pandemic: New Commentary
WASHINGTON (March 25, 2021) — Although demand for COVID-19 vaccines currently seems high, vaccine hesitancy...
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Vaccine Opposition Online Uniting Around ‘Civil Liberties’ Argument
WASHINGTON (Oct. 1, 2020)—Anti-vaccination discourse on Facebook increased in volume over the last decade,...
GW Disinformation Institute Joins Project to Monitor Political Facebook Ads
WASHINGTON (Sept. 17, 2020)—The George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (...
New Map Reveals Distrust in Health Expertise Is Winning Hearts and Minds Online
WASHINGTON (May 13, 2020)—Communities on Facebook that distrust establishment health guidance are more...
WASHINGTON (Feb. 28, 2020)—There is a stark partisan divide over who’s to blame for misinformation...
Using Social Media to Understand the Vaccine Debate in China
THE SITUATION
Vaccine acceptance is a crucial public health issue, which has been exacerbated by the...
Inoculating Against the Spread of Viral Misinformation
WASHINGTON (Nov. 13, 2019)—In a year that has seen the largest measles outbreak in the US in more than two...
Research Finds Extreme Elitism, Social Hierarchy Among Gab Users
WASHINGTON (Sept. 1, 2019)—Despite its portrayal as a network that “champions free speech,” users of the...
First of Its Kind Mapping Model Tracks How Hate Spreads and Adapts Online
WASHINGTON (Aug. 21, 2019)—Online hate thrives globally through self-organized, scalable clusters that...
Knight Foundation Investment to Fund Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics
WASHINGTON (July 22, 2019)—A new research institute at the George Washington University will fight the rise...