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En diskursanalys över hälsoinformation om vaccin på Flashback
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
University of Skövde, School of Health Sciences.
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
A discourse analysis about the vaccine health information on the Swedish online forum Flashback (English)
Abstract [sv]

Introduktion: Kommunikation om vaccinets effekter är av stor folkhälsovetenskaplig relevans. På det svenska onlineforumet Flashback diskuterar användare huruvida vaccin gör människor sjuka. Dagligen förekommer desinformationsspridning både medvetet och omedvetet på internet. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur desinformation relaterad till hälsoinformation om vaccin diskuteras på Flashback Forum. Metod: Livsberättelser i tråden på forumet utgör den narrativa analysen och som tillsammans med en diskursanalys tolkas vad som framförs i diskussionerna mellan användare. För att gå ett steg längre i diskursanalysen, som härrör Foucaults teori om maktrelationer, har analysfrågor använts som grundar sig i vad som är det representerade problemet i diskussionerna som förs. För att fastställa vilka dilemman som framställs, vad gäller hälsoinformation och vaccin på Flashback, användes en tematisk analys. Därefter analyseras vilka antaganden som framförs, vilken orsak som ligger till grund i problemet och till sist vad som lämnas outtalat och underförstått i diskussionerna. Resultat: Det framkom fem teman i diskussionerna, vilka utgör läkemedelsindustrin, desinformationsspridning, autism/adhd, vetenskapliga studier samt hälsofarliga ämnen. Främsta resultatet handlade om outtalade rädslor vilket kan bero på låg hälsolitteracitet hos användare. Slutsats: När data analyserats och resultatet framträdde framkom en förståelse i att diskussionerna om hälsoinformation och vaccin på Flashback snarare handlade om missinformation och inte desinformationsspridning. Vilket betyder att användare omedvetet sprider information om vaccin och dess effekter som inte är evidensbaserade.

Abstract [en]

Introduction: Communication and discussion about the effect of vaccines are of great interest from the perspective of public health science. On the Swedish online forum Flashback, users discussed whether vaccines are the cause of sickness. Everyday, misinformation is spread both consciously and unconsciously online. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how misinformation, related to vaccine health information, is discussed on the Flashback forum. Method: The narrative analysis consists of life stories discussed on the forum. Together with a discourse analysis, this is the basis of the interpretation of what is presented in the discussions between users. The discourse analysis is derived from Foucault’s theory of power relations, and, to take the discourse analysis one step further, analysis questions, concerning the problem represented in the discussions, have been used. A thematic analysis was used in order to determine which dilemmas, regarding health information and vaccines on Flashback, are presented. Further, an analysis was performed regarding which assumptions were made, what the cause of the problem is and lastly, what was left unspoken and assumed in the discussions. Results: Five themes emerged in the discussions. These were the pharmaceutical industry, the spread of disinformation, autism/adhd, scientific studies and unhealthy substances. The main finding/result was about unspoken fears, which may be due to low health literacy among users. Conclusion: When the data was analyzed and the results emerged, it became apparent that the discussions about health information and vaccines on Flashback were about misinformation rather than the spread of disinformation. This means that users are unknowingly spreading information about vaccines and their effects that are not evidence-based.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 32
Keywords [en]
Health information, vaccine, Flashback, power relations, disinformation, misinformation
Keywords [sv]
Hälsoinformation, vaccin, Flashback, maktrelationer, desinformation, missinformation
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Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-24054OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-24054DiVA, id: diva2:1877526
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Public Health Science
Educational program
Folkhälsovetenskap: Digital hälsa och kommunikation
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Available from: 2024-06-25 Created: 2024-06-25 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved

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