The Evolution of Public Sentiments During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Comparisons of India, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public sentiments are an important indicator of crisis response, with the need to balance exigency without adding to panic or projecting overconfidence. Given the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have enacted various nationwide measures against the disease with social media platforms providing the previously unparalleled communication space for the global populations.

Objective

This research aims to examine and provide a macro-level narrative of the evolution of public sentiments on social media at national levels, by comparing Twitter data from India, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States during the current pandemic.

Methods

A total of 67,363,091 Twitter posts on COVID-19 from January 28, 2020, to April 28, 202

SUBMITTER: Lwin MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987195 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature