The relationship between social media use and Covid vaccine hesitancy in African American communities in Mobile: pilot study

Alexander McNair; Sai Lakshmi Naidu; Prakash Duraisamy; James Van Haneghan; Vivian Carter

doi:10.1117/12.2664994

13 June 2023 The relationship between social media use and Covid vaccine hesitancy in African American communities in Mobile: pilot study

Alexander McNair, Sai Lakshmi Naidu, Prakash Duraisamy, James Van Haneghan, Vivian Carter

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Proceedings Volume 12527, Pattern Recognition and Tracking XXXIV; 125270A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664994
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the correlation in the African American community between their social media usage and their degree of Covid vaccine hesitancy and other general health attributes. In the past, various studies have found associations between social media use and beliefs in conspiracy theories and misinformation, however, most of these studies focus on large data sets which lack in accuracy or too general and lack of sufficient quantitative methodologies such as machine learning techniques. In this work, we experimented a pilot study with a small number of African American community regarding COVID-19 vaccine and their social beliefs. In other words, this pilot study is important for the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the main study in the future. In addition, it helps to understand the pattern of a certain community regarding certain views.

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Alexander McNair, Sai Lakshmi Naidu, Prakash Duraisamy, James Van Haneghan, and Vivian Carter "The relationship between social media use and Covid vaccine hesitancy in African American communities in Mobile: pilot study", Proc. SPIE 12527, Pattern Recognition and Tracking XXXIV, 125270A (13 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664994

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