Impact of Social Media on Travel Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from New York City.

ABSTRACT: During the outbreak of COVID-19, people's reliance on social media for pandemic-related information exchange, daily communications, and online professional interactions increased because of self-isolation and lockdown implementation. Most of the published research addresses the performance of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and measures on the issues impacted by COVID-19, such as health, education, and public safety; however, not much is known about the interplay between social media use and travel behaviors. This study aims to determine the effect of social media on human mobility before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, and its impact on personal vehicle and public transit use in New York City (NYC). Apple mobility trends and Twitter data are used as two data sources. The results i

SUBMITTER: Ye Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149522 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature