Purpose The use of social media and information exchange increased during Covid-19
pandemic because people are isolated and working from home. The use of social media …

Twitter is a major tool for communication during emergencies and disasters. This study
aimed to investigate Twitter use during natural hazards and pandemics. The included …

Background Infectious disease outbreaks have the potential to cause a high number of
fatalities and are a very serious public health risk. Objectives Our aim was to utilise an …

The paper explores how COVID-19-related moral panics have led to fear and othering
practices among returnee Nepalese migrants from India and Muslims living in Nepal. This …

Moral panics are moments of intense and widespread public concern about a specific group,
whose behaviour is deemed a moral threat to the collective. We examined public health …

Opinion mining is an important step towards facilitating information in health data. Several
studies have demonstrated the possibility of tracking diseases using public tweets. However …

In this study, a social media analysis is conducted to examine the public discourse about the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic on Twitter. In …

COVID-19 is a global health concern with emerging economies expected to endure lasting
effects. Massive information in social media while beneficial for some is perceived to have …

We examined Twitter data using thematic analysis to understand public perceptions of the
impact of COVID-19 on incarcerated people and reactions to including incarcerated …

Background The recent outbreak of respiratory illness caused by COVID-19 in Wuhan,
China, has received global attention as it has infected thousands of individuals there, and …