This paper is in the following e-collection/theme issue:

Misinformation and Disinformation Outbreaks and Information Prevalence Studies (75) Public (e)Health, Digital Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics (912) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1837) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1497) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (625) Vaccination and Immunization in the Digital Age (420) Parent and Caregiver Education and Behavior Change for Vaccination (83) Vaccination Sentiment and Anti-Vaccination Infodemiology (82)

Published on in Vol 5 (2025)

This is a member publication of City University of Hong Kong

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/57951, first published .
The Role of Influencers and Echo Chambers in the Diffusion of Vaccine Misinformation: Opinion Mining in a Taiwanese Online Community

The Role of Influencers and Echo Chambers in the Diffusion of Vaccine Misinformation: Opinion Mining in a Taiwanese Online Community

The Role of Influencers and Echo Chambers in the Diffusion of Vaccine Misinformation: Opinion Mining in a Taiwanese Online Community

Authors of this article:

Jason Dean-Chen Yin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Tzu-Chin Wu2 Author Orcid Image ;   Chia-Yun Chen2 Author Orcid Image ;   Fen Lin3 Author Orcid Image ;   Xiaohui Wang3 Author Orcid Image
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Jason Dean-Chen Yin   1 , PhD ;   Tzu-Chin Wu   2 , MA ;   Chia-Yun Chen   2 , MA ;   Fen Lin   3 , PhD ;   Xiaohui Wang   3 , PhD

1 Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2 College of Public Health, Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Taiwan

3 Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Corresponding Author:

  • Fen Lin, PhD
  • Department of Media and Communication
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Room 5086, Creative Media Center
  • Hong Kong
  • China
  • Phone: 852 34428691
  • Email: fenlin@cityu.edu.hk