How People React to Zika Virus Outbreaks on Twitter? A Computational Content Analysis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2016
Publication Title
American Journal of Infection Control
DOI
10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.253
ISSN
0196-6553
Abstract
Zika-related Twitter incidence peaked after the World Health Organization declared an emergency. Five themes were identified from Zika-related Twitter content: (1) societal impact of the outbreak; (2) government, public and private sector, and general public responses to the outbreak; (3) pregnancy and microcephaly: negative health consequences related to pregnant women and babies; (4) transmission routes; and (5) case reports. User-generated contents sites were preferred direct information channels rather than those of the government authorities.
Recommended Citation
Fu, King-Wa, Hai Liang, Nitin Saroha, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Patrick Ip, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung.
2016.
"How People React to Zika Virus Outbreaks on Twitter? A Computational Content Analysis."
American Journal of Infection Control, 44 (12): 1700-1702: Elsevier.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.253
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/bee-facpubs/12
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