Publications

Giannouli, I., Karadimitriou, A., Archontaki, I. and Papathanassopoulos, S. "COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: analyzing anti-vaccine rhetoric on Greek Facebook". Online Media and Global Communication, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/omgc-2024-0008

The distinction between beliefs and facts, as well as between science and pseudoscience, appears to be hazy in the post-truth era. This study draws inspiration from public discourse concerning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, aiming to explore the narratives of COVID-19 vaccine skeptics within the Greek online public sphere. For the purposes of our study, we analyzed Facebook posts from users’ pages and public groups during a three-month period (from September 2021 to November 2021), focusing primarily on content related to COVID-19 vaccination. By employing thematic analysis, we investigated the main themes upon which the anti-vaccination camp bases its rhetoric and the sources it uses to justify its claims.