Vaccine Misinformation and Social Media
Where do you get your information? Research shows that people who rely on social media for health information are more likely to have inaccurate beliefs about vaccine safety.
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Social Media and Vaccine Misinformation
The type of media people use to inform their health decisions has an effect on vaccine misinformation spread and trust in medical expertise.
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Scientists and Social Media
By Kate Stone @GotScienceOrg Dr. Bill Sullivan is a Showalter Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, Microbiology, and Immunology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. That’s an impressive job title, but it’s not his only one. Bill is also a blogger. Social media is an efficient way for research scientists to connect with the public at large. Scientists have tools at their disposal to reach out to millions of people, involve citizen scientists in projects, and collaborate with colleagues. Yet social media use is often stigmatized. Since Bill actively uses social…
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