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57

Social media news consumption and COVID-19 vaccination rates

By the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States

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Social media news consumption and COVID-19 vaccination rates

Key takeaways

Earlier this month, we witnessed a vigorous back and forth between the White House and Facebook regarding the role of the company in circulating health misinformation. On the White House side, the Surgeon General released an Advisory declaring misinformation a public health threat to the nation, highlighting, in part, the role of social media. This was followed the next day by a pointed statement by President Biden-- “They’re killing us!” Facebook responded with a blog entry, Moving Past the Finger Pointing, asserting that it was not responsible for the plateauing vaccination rates in the US. The company pointed to the fact that 85% of Facebook users in a large survey by Carnegie Mellon (supported by Facebook) reported being vaccinated or wanting to be vaccinated. 

Featured media Coverage

July 28, 2021

Use Facebook a Lot? You're More Likely to Be Unvaccinated

US News & World Report
August 16, 2021

Why no one really knows how bad Facebook’s vaccine misinformation problem is

Vox
July 27, 2021

People are more anti-vaccine if they get their covid news from Facebook than from Fox News, data shows

Washington Post
July 28, 2021

Let’s Keep the Vaccine Misinformation Problem in Perspective

Wired
July 28, 2021

25% who rely on Facebook for news won't get COVID shot: survey

Business Insider
August 19, 2021

Only Facebook knows the extent of its misinformation problem. And it’s not sharing, even with the White House.

Washington Post
August 19, 2021

Facebook CEO on misinformation versus vaccine hesitancy

CBS News

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Published:
July
2021
Report Number:
57
Topic:
Misinformation
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