Publications by authors named "Rebecca A Costantini"

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  • Social media, particularly YouTube, is a major source of vaccine misinformation, with the platform's algorithms playing a key role in what viewers encounter.
  • The study examined how users encounter antivaccine misinformation depending on whether they search for it intentionally or stumble upon it via other antivaccine videos.
  • Findings suggest that users are more susceptible to finding antivaccine content through direct navigation from seed videos, while YouTube has improved the visibility of provaccine videos to counter this trend.
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Telling a story for the first time is a profound experience for both a storyteller and story-listener. This essay describes the significance of as a narrative event that captures the complexities of the untold stories about young women's reproductive healthcare experiences. Additionally, this essay identifies the importance of first-told stories and explores how the storyteller and story-listener grapple with these narrative events.

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