ABSTRACT This article examines Reddit-users’ (“redditors”) responses to a story concerning proposed legislation that would require parents considering not vaccinating their children to participate in a public-health delivered education session on the science of immunization. In theorizing Reddit as a “peripheral public” venue and attending to its use of algorithms to sort content and commentary, this case study uses a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach to explore the rhetorical strategies employed by redditors as they discuss the proposed legislation and the scientific controversy behind it—suggesting new strategies for investigating participatory media, as well as insights for key stakeholders in the vaccine controversy.

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疫苗病毒式传播：科学合理政策的外围公开讨论

摘要 本文研究了 Reddit 用户（“redditors”）对有关拟议立法的故事的反应，该立法要求父母考虑不为孩子接种疫苗，以参加有关免疫科学的公共卫生教育课程。在将 Reddit 理论化为“外围公共”场所并关注其使用算法对内容和评论进行排序时，本案例研究使用混合的定性和定量方法来探索 Reddit 用户在讨论拟议立法和科学它背后的争议——建议调查参与性媒体的新策略，以及疫苗争议中关键利益相关者的见解。