Temporal and textual analysis of social media on collective discourses during the Zika virus pandemic

• Main Authors: Lwin, May Oo, Lu, Jiahui, Sheldenkar, Anita, Cayabyab, Ysa Marie, Yee, Andrew Zi Han, Smith, Helen Elizabeth
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Mass media; Zika; Social Media
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146301
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: While existing studies have investigated the role of social media on health-related communication, little is known about the potential differences between different users groups on different social media platforms in responses to a health event. This study sets out to explore the online...