From Heroes to Scoundrels: Exploring the effects of online campaigns celebrating frontline workers on COVID-19 outcomes.
Technol Soc
; 72: 102198, 2023 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2183734
ABSTRACT
This paper examines the effects of online campaigns celebrating frontline workers on COVID-19 outcomes regarding new cases, deaths, and vaccinations, using the United Kingdom as a case study. We implement text and sentiment analysis on Twitter data and feed the result into random regression forests and cointegration analysis. Our combined machine learning and econometric approach shows very weak effects of both the volume and the sentiment of Twitter discussions on new cases, deaths, and vaccinations. On the other hand, established relationships (such as between stringency measures and cases/deaths and between vaccinations and deaths) are confirmed. On the contrary, we find adverse lagged effects from negative sentiment to vaccinations and from new cases to negative sentiment posts. As we assess the knowledge acquired from the COVID-19 crisis, our findings can be used by policy makers, particularly in public health, and prepare for the next pandemic.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Technol Soc
Year:
2023
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Article
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J.techsoc.2023.102198
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