Typology of vaccine refusals on Facebook in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira, Idris, Hamidah, Mohamed, Shafizan, Mohd Nasir, Nur Shakira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor’s University 2021
• Subjects: BF698 Personality; H61 Theory. Method; H61.8 Communication of information; HA154 Statistical data
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/93993/7/93993_Typology%20of%20vaccine%20refusals%20on%20Facebook%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/93993/; https://fslmjournals.taylors.edu.my/typology-of-vaccine-refusals-on-facebook-in-malaysia/

Vaccine success stories in eradicating infectious diseases such as smallpox and polio have long been acknowledged. However, the function of vaccines is not widely known currently as these diseases are low profile. Studies have shown that social media users have always disseminated the harmful effect...