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New Published Study Shows How Emotional Cues in Social Media Impact Vaccine Acceptance Internationally

The relationship between social media discourse and vaccine hesitancy garnered a great deal of scrutiny by academics and policymakers even before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, this concern was exacerbated by the rapid proliferation of online information about COVID-19 across multiple social media platforms and its possible influence on

Preliminary COVID-19 Study Results Released

Erik Nisbet, Owen L. Coon Professor of Communication & Policy Analysis and director the Center for Communication and Policy Analysis recently conducted a briefing about preliminary results from an ongoing study of American attitudes and behaviors associated with COVID-19, including vaccination intentions for the Northwestern COVID-19 Vaccine Communication and Evaluation Network (CoVAXCEN).  The study data