Language and Sentiment Regarding Telemedicine and COVID-19 on Twitter: Longitudinal Infodemiology Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a rapid shift in how individuals interact with and receive fundamental services, including health care. Although telemedicine is not a novel technology, previous studies have offered mixed opinions surrounding its utilization. However, there exists a dearth of research on how these opinions have evolved over the course of the current pandemic.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate how the language and sentiment surrounding telemedicine has evolved throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Tweets published between January 1, 2020, and April 24, 2021, containing at least one telemedicine-related and one COVID-19-related search term ("telemedicine-COVID") were collected from the Twitter full archive search (N=351,718). A

SUBMITTER: Pollack CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218898 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature