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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Social Network Analysis of COVID-19 Sentiments: 10 Metropolitan Cities in Italy.

Gabriela Fernandez, Carol Maione, Harrison Yang, Karenina Zaballa, Norbert Bonnici, Jarai Carter, Brian H Spitzberg, Chanwoo Jin, Ming-Hsiang Tsou

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mapping Infodemic Responses: A Geospatial Analysis of COVID-19 Discourse on Twitter in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  3. Analyzing Spanish-Language Public Sentiment in the Context of a Pandemic and Social Unrest: The Panama Case.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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9 authors.

Gabriela FernandezMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7271-0250
Carol MaioneMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
Harrison YangMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
Karenina ZaballaMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
Norbert BonniciMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8148-0514
Jarai CarterMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3228-3036
Brian H SpitzbergMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3838-6052
Chanwoo JinMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8883-8817
Ming-Hsiang TsouMetabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age, Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pandemic spread rapidly across Italy, putting the region's health system on the brink of collapse, and generating concern regarding the government's capacity to respond to the needs of patients considering isolation measures. This study developed a sentiment analysis using millions of Twitter data during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 metropolitan cities in Italy's (1) north: Milan, Venice, Turin, Bologna; (2) central: Florence, Rome; (3) south: Naples, Bari; and (4) islands: Palermo, Cagliari. Questions addressed are as follows: (1) How did tweet-related sentiments change over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) How did sentiments change when lagged with policy shifts and/or specific events? Findings show an assortment of differences and connections across Twitter sentiments (fear, anger, and joy) based on policy measures and geographies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results can be used by policy makers to quantify the satisfactory level of positive/negative acceptance of decision makers and identify important topics related to COVID-19 policy measures, which can be useful for imposing geographically varying lockdowns and protective measures using historical data.

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COVID-19Social MediaAttitudeCitiesCommunicable Disease ControlHumansPandemicsSocial Network AnalysisangerCOVID-19fearItalyjoymetropolitan citiessentiment analysissocial network analysisTwitter

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PMID35805378
PMCPMC9266273

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