Articles By
Dominik Andrzej Stecula
How trust in experts and media use affect acceptance of common anti-vaccination claims
Dominik Andrzej Stecula, Ozan Kuru and Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Surveys of nearly 2,500 Americans, conducted during a measles outbreak, suggest that users of traditional media are less likely to be misinformed about vaccines than social media users. Results also suggest that an individual’s level of trust in medical experts affects the likelihood that a person’s beliefs about vaccination will change.