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The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an infodemic of misinformation that impedes effective public health responses. This study examines relationships between socioeconomic factors and infodemic risk patterns across 37 OECD…

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The free flow of information has been accelerated by the rapid development of social media technology. There has been a significant social and psychological impact on the population due to the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The…

Online social media provides a channel for monitoring people's social behaviors and their mental distress. Due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 people are increasingly using online social networks to express their feelings.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-05-19 Sahraoui Dhelim , Liming Luke Chen , Huansheng Ning , Sajal K Das , Chris Nugent , Devin Burns , Gerard Leavey , Dirk Pesch , Eleanor Bantry-White

Intensified preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as lockdown and social distancing, heavily increased the perception of social isolation (i.e., a discrepancy between one's social needs and the provisions of the social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-04-27 Michelle Bak , Chungyi Chiu , Jessie Chin

The COVID-19 epidemic has had a great impact on social media conversation, especially on sites like Twitter, which has emerged as a hub for public reaction and information sharing. This paper deals by analyzing a vast dataset of Twitter…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Nikhil Kumar Rajput , Bhavya Ahuja Grover , Vipin Kumar Rathi , Riya Bansal

We describe Mega-COV, a billion-scale dataset from Twitter for studying COVID-19. The dataset is diverse (covers 268 countries), longitudinal (goes as back as 2007), multilingual (comes in 100+ languages), and has a significant number of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Muhammad Abdul-Mageed , AbdelRahim Elmadany , El Moatez Billah Nagoudi , Dinesh Pabbi , Kunal Verma , Rannie Lin

COVID-19 resulted in an infodemic, which could erode public trust, impede virus containment, and outlive the pandemic itself. The evolving and fragmented media landscape is a key driver of the spread of misinformation. Using misinformation…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-05-22 Yan Leng , Yujia Zhai , Shaojing Sun , Yifei Wu , Jordan Selzer , Sharon Strover , Julia Fensel , Alex Pentland , Ying Ding

The global world is crossing a pandemic situation where this is a catastrophic outbreak of Respiratory Syndrome recognized as COVID-19. This is a global threat all over the 212 countries that people every day meet with mighty situations. On…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-01-07 Md. Mahadi Hasan Sany , Mumenunnesa Keya , Sharun Akter Khushbu , Akm Shahariar Azad Rabby , Abu Kaisar Mohammad Masum

The COVID-19 pandemic has created many problems, especially in people's social lives. There has been increasing isolation and economic hardships since the beginning of the pandemic for people all over the world. Quarantines and lockdowns…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Dino Husnic , Stefan Cobeli , Shweta Yadav

The purpose of this case study is to leverage the concepts and tools presented in the preceding chapters and apply them in a real world social cybersecurity context. With the COVID-19 pandemic emerging as a defining event of the 21st…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-08-25 David M. Beskow , Kathleen M. Carley

The human severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), causing the COVID-19 disease, has continued to spread all over the world. It menacingly affects not only public health and global economics but also mental health and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-04-03 Qihuang Zhang , Grace Y. Yi , Li-Pang Chen , Wenqing He

Twitter is becoming an increasingly important platform for disseminating information during crisis situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective crisis communication on Twitter can shape the public perception of the crisis, influence…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Gautam Kishore Shahi , Sünje Clausen , Stefan Stieglitz

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolved, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used Twitter to disseminate safety guidance and updates, reaching millions of users. This study analyzes two years of tweets from, to, and about the CDC…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Tawfiq Ammari , Anna Gutowska , Jacob Ziff , Casey Randazzo , Harihan Subramonyam

The Covid-19 has presented an unprecedented challenge to public health worldwide. However, residents in different countries showed diverse levels of Covid-19 awareness during the outbreak and suffered from uneven health impacts. This study…

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recently has affected human life to a great extent. Besides direct physical and economic threats, the pandemic also indirectly impact people's mental health conditions, which can be…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Irene Li , Yixin Li , Tianxiao Li , Sergio Alvarez-Napagao , Dario Garcia-Gasulla , Toyotaro Suzumura

The emergence of the novel COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on global healthcare and the economy over the past few months. The virus's rapid widespread has led to a proliferation in biomedical research addressing the pandemic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Chongyan Chen , Islam Akef Ebeid , Yi Bu , Ying Ding

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted every corner of earth, disrupting governments and leading to socioeconomic instability. This crisis has prompted questions surrounding how different sectors of society interact…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Martha Barnard , Radhika Iyer , Sara Y. Del Valle , Ashlynn R. Daughton

Crises such as natural disasters, global pandemics, and social unrest continuously threaten our world and emotionally affect millions of people worldwide in distinct ways. Understanding emotions that people express during large-scale crises…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-07-22 Tiberiu Sosea , Chau Pham , Alexander Tekle , Cornelia Caragea , Junyi Jessy Li

The Covid-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented global public health emergency, and concomitantly an unparalleled opportunity to investigate public responses to adverse social conditions. The widespread ability to post messages to social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-06-20 Richard Plant , Amir Hussain

Online social media (OSM) has emerged as a prominent platform for debate on a wide range of issues. Even celebrities and public figures often share their opinions on a variety of topics through OSM platforms. One such subject that has…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Rahul Goel , Rajesh Sharma