Background Real-time surveillance in the field of health informatics has emerged as a
growing domain of interest among worldwide researchers. Evolution in this field has helped …

Public health practitioners and researchers have used traditional medical databases to
study and understand public health for a long time. Recently, social media data, particularly …

Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy seems likely to increase mortality rates and delay the easing of
social distancing restrictions. Online platforms with large audiences may influence vaccine …

This paper illustrates five different techniques to assess the distinctiveness of topics, key
terms and features, speed of information dissemination, and network behaviors for Covid19 …

Abstract Background The Ebola communication crisis of 2014 generated widespread fear
and attention among Western news media, social media users, and members of the United …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when individuals were confronted with social distancing,
social media served as a significant platform for expressing feelings and seeking emotional …

Background: Social media has changed the communication landscape, exposing
individuals to an ever-growing amount of information while also allowing them to create and …

During the summer of 2018, a measles outbreak hit Europe, resulting in infections and
deaths. Reports link the outbreak to increasing vaccine hesitancy fueled partly by anti …

This book explains the word association thematic analysis method, with examples, and
gives practical advice for using it. It is primarily intended for social media researchers and …

Numerous sampling strategies have been proposed to simplify large-scale networks for
highly readable visualizations. It is of great challenge to preserve contextual structures …