Social Media Insights During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Infodemiology Study Using Big Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is still undergoing complicated developments in Vietnam and around the world. There is a lot of information about the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on the internet where people can create and share information quickly. This can lead to an infodemic, which is a challenge every government might face in the fight against pandemics.

Objective

This study aims to understand public attention toward the pandemic (from December 2019 to November 2020) through 7 types of sources: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, blogs, news sites, forums, and e-commerce sites.

Methods

We collected and analyzed nearly 38 million pieces of text data from the aforementioned sources via SocialHeat, a social listening (infoveillance) platform developed by YouNet Group. W

SUBMITTER: Tran HTT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8288653 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature