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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Food Safety Awareness and Opinions in China: A Social Network Analysis Approach.

Lei Xia, Bo Chen, Kyle Hunt, Jun Zhuang, Cen Song

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lei XiaState-Owned Assets Management Department, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
Bo ChenSchool of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102200, China.
Kyle HuntDepartment of Management Science and Systems, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7847-9715
Jun ZhuangDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4830-6570
Cen SongSchool of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102200, China.
China University of Petroleum, Beijing · CNUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · USNanjing Forestry University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 71901218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over recent years, food safety has garnered widespread attention and concern from society. Concurrently, social media sites and online forums have become popular platforms to disseminate news, share opinions, and connect with one's social network. In this research, we focus on the intersection of food safety and online social networking by utilizing natural language processing techniques and social network analysis to study public opinions related to food safety. Using real data collected from a popular Chinese question-and-answer platform, we first identify hot topics related to food safety, and then analyze the emotional state of users in each community (i.e., users communicating about the same topic) to understand the public's sentiment related to different food safety topics. We proceed by forming semantic networks to analyze the characteristics of food safety opinion networks. Our results show that Internet users form modular communities, each with differences in topics of concern and emotional states of community users. Users focus on a wide range of topics, showing that overall, food safety awareness is increasing. This paper provides novel insights that can help interested stakeholders monitor the discussions and opinions related to food safety.

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food safetypublic opinion awarenesssocial network analysis

Identifiers

PMID36141035
PMCPMC9498558
OpenAlexW4296349566

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