在推特中发现的COVID-19疫苗态度用于预测传统调查中的疫苗感知:传染病学研究
Nekabari Sigalo1, Vanessa Frias-Martinez1
1College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
JMIR infodemiology
|October 30, 2023
概括
社交媒体数据,如Twitter (X) 帖子,可以有效地预测公共卫生调查对COVID-19疫苗态度的调查结果. 这表明有价值的调查信息可以通过低成本的社交媒体平台获得.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生监督 公共卫生监督
- 计算社会科学 计算社会科学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 传统的公共卫生调查是必不可少的,但通常是昂贵的.
- 社交媒体平台提供了可访问和具有成本效益的数据收集替代方案.
- 探索社交媒体数据可能会补充或取代传统的调查方法.
研究的目的:
- 评估家庭脉冲调查 (HPS) 中的COVID-19疫苗态度是否可以使用Twitter (X) 数据进行预测.
- 为了确定Twitter数据是否提供与传统调查相比较的见解,而不会牺牲数据丰富性.
- 评估使用社交媒体收集公共卫生信息的成本效益.
主要方法:
- 从HPS收集了COVID-19疫苗的态度 (2021年1月至5月).
- 在同一时期使用Twitter的流媒体API收集了与COVID-19疫苗相关的推特.
- 在推特上进行了情感和情感分析;使用了通用线性模型来预测调查态度.
主要成果:
- 在Twitter上表达的疫苗感知表明,在HPS中记录的疫苗感知具有很强的预测能力.
- 分析证实了社交媒体情绪与基于调查的态度之间存在显著的相关性.
结论:
- 社交媒体,特别是Twitter (X),可以作为公共卫生研究的有价值和可访问的数据来源.
- 将推特数据与传统调查结合起来,可以更好地了解公众对疫苗的看法.
- 这种方法支持基于证据的公共卫生战略和决策.
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