Twitter as a sentinel tool to monitor public opinion on vaccination: an opinion mining analysis from September 2016 to August 2017 in Italy

• Main Authors: Lara Tavoschi (Author), Filippo Quattrone (Author), Eleonora D'Andrea (Author), Pietro Ducange (Author), Marco Vabanesi (Author), Francesco Marcelloni (Author), Pier Luigi Lopalco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Social media have become a common way for people to express their personal viewpoints, including sentiments about health topics. We present the results of an opinion mining analysis on vaccination performed on Twitter from September 2016 to August 2017 in Italy. Vaccine-related tweets were automatic...