The Role of Social Networks to Counteract Stigmatization Toward Gay and Bisexual Men Regarding Monkeypox

IF 0.9 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Oriol Rios, Regina Gairal-Casado, Beatriz Villarejo-Carballido, Ana Burgues-de Freitas
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Research on the effects of social media has evidenced their influence on public opinion concerning health issues. However, there are scarce analyses that pay attention to this influence when health advice generalizes certain groups’ sexual practices. This generalization occurred with monkeypox, men who have sex with men, after two World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendations launched in 2022. Therefore, this is the issue that will be deeply explored in the article. Drawing on the methodological strategy of social media analytics (SMA), 2313 tweets have been reviewed focused on people’s reactions in front of WHO’s statements of July 2022 about monkeypox and men who have sex with men behaviours. Findings illustrate that there is positioning against the generalizations caused due to WHO’s statement creating a public discourse against the stigma of homosexual and bisexual men. This positioning is directly linked with people’s claims to follow the evidence and valid claims on public health issues. Using social networks for claiming the use of rigorous data and evidence may contribute to a significant change in public opinion and health organizations.
社交网络在消除因猴痘而对同性恋和双性恋男性的污名化中的作用
对社交媒体影响的研究已经证明了它们对公众健康问题舆论的影响。然而,当健康建议概括某些群体的性行为时,很少有分析注意到这种影响。在世界卫生组织(世卫组织)于2022年提出两项建议后,这种普遍化发生在猴痘和男男性行为者身上。因此,这是本文将深入探讨的问题。利用社交媒体分析方法策略,对2313条推文进行了审查,重点关注人们对世卫组织2022年7月关于猴痘和男男性行为的声明的反应。调查结果表明,由于世卫组织的声明造成了反对同性恋和双性恋男子污名的公共话语,因此存在反对普遍化的立场。这种定位与人们在公共卫生问题上遵循证据和有效主张的主张直接相关。利用社交网络声称使用了严格的数据和证据,可能有助于公众舆论和卫生组织发生重大变化。
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Qualitative Research in Education
Qualitative Research in Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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