Talk:Hypodermic needle model

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This is an absolutely inaccurate accounting of a theory that is more properly credited to the US theorist Harold Laswell. Attribution to the Frankfurt School is inaccurate and highly misleading.
 * Well correct it then. The JPS 17:32, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it possible to make it so that if a user searches for the 'hypodermic-syringe model' they will be redirected here/wikipedia will return this page as the main result? andylaw31 09:18, 4 June 2009 (BST) Some media theorists today seem to believe the hypodermic model even though it's not entirely accurate.

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Predatory source
"Rethinking the Bullet Theory in the Digital Age" by Nwabueze, Chinenye and Okonkwo, Ebere (2018) is from a predatory publisher, and I have removed the citation. It was automatically edit-tagged (see filters) as a predatory publication (and therefore unreliable source). ARC Journals shows up on Beall's list of predatory publishers, and likely does not conduct peer review, which makes the material unreliable due to effectively being self-published, like a blog. See also WP:CITEWATCH and the Reliable sources/Perennial sources noticeboard history if you wish to check the reliability of a publisher or journal.

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I have removed the citation, though it's probably best to also remove the material that came from it, specifically the section "Theory Application in the Digital Age" and remarks on a mass panic in Nigeria, unless we can find a reliable reference to back it up. A citation needed tag might be appropriate for material that is verifiable with a better source, though it would be best to cite it now. --Anon423 (talk) 17:47, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Possible useful sources for the second paragraph of §Theory Application in the Digital Age:

Southeast residents insist that army’s free medical outreach was a ploy to depopulate region

Parents Withdraw Children From Ondo State Schools Over False Rumors Of Deadly Vaccines (iffy website, but likely ok as primary source)

Don't allow soldiers immunise your children - Ezeife tells Ndigbo

Journal paper regarding Lay media reporting of monkeypox in Nigeria (no mention of hypodermic needle model).

Other sources about media coverage: Monkey pox virus-Sultan dispels rumours linking outbreak to vaccine safety. Monkey pox: Army not dispensing vaccines — FG

My personal opinion, considering the absence of other sources regarding this outbreak and media panic in the Nigerian monkeypox outbreak as a case study for the hypodermic needle model/magic bullet theory, is to remove all mention of it from the section. --Anon423 (talk) 18:42, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Is this real?
To be more specific: is this an actual theory that anybody believed? It seems to me like all of the sources are talking about it in retrospect. It seems to me like, when people came up with later theories, they gave this one as an example of some stuff that a dumbass would think; i.e. there's no evidence that people actually thought this. jp×g🗯️ 23:45, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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