Public Health Policy, Political Ideology, and Public Emotion Related to COVID-19 in the U.S
Jingjing Gao,
Gabriela A. Gallegos,
Joe F. West
Abstract:Social networks, particularly Twitter 9.0 (known as X as of 23 July 2023), have provided an avenue for prompt interactions and sharing public health-related concerns and emotions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when in-person communication became less feasible due to stay-at-home policies in the United States (U.S.). The study of public emotions extracted from social network data has garnered increasing attention among scholars due to its significant predictive value for public behaviors and opinions.… Show more
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