Understanding the emotional response to Covid‐19 information in news and social media: A mental health perspective

R Jones, D Mougouei, SL Evans - Human behavior and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and ensuing social restrictions has been profound,
affecting the health, livelihoods, and wellbeing of populations worldwide. Studies have …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Canada: content analysis of tweets using the theoretical domains framework

J Griffith, H Marani, H Monkman - Journal of medical Internet research, 2021 - jmir.org
Background With the approval of two COVID-19 vaccines in Canada, many people feel a
sense of relief, as hope is on the horizon. However, only about 75% of people in Canada …

[HTML][HTML] Bots and misinformation spread on social media: Implications for COVID-19

MK Himelein-Wachowiak, S Giorgi, A Devoto… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
As of March 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been responsible for over 115 million cases of
COVID-19 worldwide, resulting in over 2.5 million deaths. As the virus spread exponentially …

[HTML][HTML] Botometer 101: Social bot practicum for computational social scientists

KC Yang, E Ferrara, F Menczer - Journal of computational social science, 2022 - Springer
Social bots have become an important component of online social media. Deceptive bots, in
particular, can manipulate online discussions of important issues ranging from elections to …

Auditing Elon Musk's impact on hate speech and bots

D Hickey, M Schmitz, D Fessler, PE Smaldino… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - ojs.aaai.org
Abstract On October 27th, 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter, becoming its new CEO and
firing many top executives in the process. Musk listed fewer restrictions on content …

Chatbots: Security, privacy, data protection, and social aspects

M Hasal, J Nowaková, K Ahmed Saghair… - Concurrency and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chatbots are artificial communication systems becoming increasingly popular and not all
their security questions are clearly solved. People use chatbots for assistance in shopping …

[HTML][HTML] A sentiment analysis approach to predict an individual's awareness of the precautionary procedures to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in Saudi Arabia

SS Aljameel, DA Alabbad, NA Alzahrani… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, which affected all countries worldwide. During the …

Social bots and the spread of disinformation in social media: the challenges of artificial intelligence

N Hajli, U Saeed, M Tajvidi… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating a revolution in business and society at large, as well as
challenges for organizations. AI‐powered social bots can sense, think and act on social …

[HTML][HTML] Sentiment analysis of COVID-19 tweets from selected hashtags in Nigeria using VADER and Text Blob analyser

O Abiola, A Abayomi-Alli, OA Tale, S Misra… - Journal of Electrical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Information is essential for growth; without it, little can be accomplished. Data
gathering has seen significant changes throughout the previous few centuries because of …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the utility of social media in COVID-19 vaccination: unsupervised learning of 672,133 twitter posts

TM Liew, CS Lee - JMIR public health and surveillance, 2021 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background Although COVID-19 vaccines have recently become available, efforts in global
mass vaccination can be hampered by the widespread issue of vaccine hesitancy. Objective …