Digital Surveillance to Identify California Alternative and Emerging Tobacco Industry Policy Influence and Mobilization on Facebook
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15480356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Qing Xu (0000-0002-8243-6670, Global Policy Institute), Joshua Yang (0000-0002-9224-6053, California State University, Fullerton), Michael Robert Haupt (0000-0003-4985-7796, University of California San Diego), Mingxiang Cai (0000-0001-6816-5192, University of California San Diego), Matthew Nali (0000-0002-0565-8202, University of California San Diego), Tim K Mackey (0000-0002-2191-7833, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Pages | 11150-11150 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph182111150 |
| PMID | 34769666 |
| OpenAlex | W3209148424 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
Growing popularity of electronic nicotine-delivery systems (ENDS) has coincided with a need to strengthen tobacco-control policy. In response, the ENDS industry has taken actions to mobilize against public health measures, including coordination on social media platforms. To explore this phenomenon, data mining was used to collect public posts on two Facebook public group pages: the California Consumer Advocates for Smoke Free Alternatives Association (CCASAA) and the community page of the Northern California Chapter of SFATA (NC-SFATA). Posts were manually annotated to characterize themes associated with industry political interference and user interaction. We collected 288 posts from the NC-SFATA and 411 posts from CCASAA. A total of 522 (74.7%) posts were categorized as a form of political interference, with 339 posts (64.9%) from CCASAA and 183 posts (35.1%) from NC-SFATA. We identified three different categories of policy interference-related posts: (1) providing updates on ENDS-related policy at the federal, state, and local levels; (2) sharing opinions about ENDS-related policies; (3) posts related to scientific information related to vaping; and (4) calls to action to mobilize against tobacco/ENDS policies. Our findings indicate that pro-tobacco social media communities on Facebook, driven by strategic activities of trade associations and their members, may act as focal points for anti-policy information dissemination, grass-roots mobilization, and industry coordination that needs further research
Business · Internet privacy · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Public health · Public policy · Public relations · Social media · Tobacco control · Tobacco industry · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Media and Politics
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