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Since the turn of 2019 and 2020, the problem of the COVID-19 epidemic has been widely commented on by the public. New publications on various aspects related to the coronavirus are constantly appearing in the information space. For the purposes of the report: ‘COVID-19 vaccines in Polish- and Russian-language online media outlets: specifics and correlation between them in Polish and Russian information spaces’, selected online media were monitored to examine the exact subject matter of the published articles.

Since May this year, the Center for Propaganda and Disinformation Analysis has been carrying out a detailed monitoring of the most opinion-forming information portals in Poland: onet.pl, wp.pl, interia.pl, wpolityce.pl and gazeta.pl. Data collected between 10.05 and 04.07.2021 has allowed to conduct a thorough analysis of articles published on the Internet in terms of information on the recently invented COVID-19 vaccine. The published texts published on the Internet have been analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively.

Since the invention of the COVID-19 vaccine, many articles have appeared in the Polish information space about vaccination against the coronavirus, the origin of the vaccine, its safety and possible side effects. The Center for Propaganda and Disinformation Analysis carried out a detailed monitoring of the Polish media to take a closer look at the discussion on vaccination in cyberspace. As a result of the analysis of detailed data collected over the last months, a report titled “COVID-19 vaccines in Polish- and Russian-language online media outlets: specifics and correlation between them in Polish and Russian information spaces” was developed.