Social Media Impact on Vaccine Hesitancy in Malaysia: A Structured Literature Review

Abstract

Social media has played an evident role in mankind’s day to day operations. The role of social media in 
vaccine hesitancy was an important area to examine due to the fact that Malaysians were generally 
influenced by the news that was populated by anti-vaccine agents. As people who want to be 
vaccinated find increasingly greater evidence about health through social media and the Internet, 
people become increasingly interested in the role of collaborative social media platforms in support of 
public health issues. Nevertheless, detrimental misrepresentation of facts also has the likelihood to spread 
across the Internet. This material may spread through the present anti-vaccine movements, impairing 
hesitation about vaccines. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of social media impact on 
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy by reviewing the existing body of research available on this topic.