The rhythms of the night: increase in online night activity and emotional resilience during the spring 2020 Covid-19 lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The lockdown orders established in multiple countries in response to the Covid-19 pandemic are arguably one of the most widespread and deepest shock experienced by societies in recent years. Studying their impact trough the lens of social media offers an unprecedented opportunity to understand the susceptibility and the resilience of human activity patterns to large-scale exogenous shocks. Firstly, we investigate the changes that this upheaval has caused in online activity in terms of time spent online, themes and emotion shared on the platforms, and rhythms of content consumption. Secondly, we examine the resilience of certain platform characteristics, such as the daily rhythms of emotion expression.

Data

Two independent datasets about the French cyberspace: a fine-

SUBMITTER: Castaldo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7848867 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature