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My co-authors ( @LisaOSingh @bansallab @cerenbudak @ekvraga
@GuangqingChi & others) and I are working on figuring out how people are communicating (on Twitter) about COVID-19. Check out our white paper here - https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.13907 - & read on for highlights (1/10)
@GuangqingChi & others) and I are working on figuring out how people are communicating (on Twitter) about COVID-19. Check out our white paper here - https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.13907 - & read on for highlights (1/10)
Not surprisingly, conversation about COVID-19 (see appendix for the list of related hashtags this is based on) is increasing over time, as it affects more of the world. (2/10)
We find that conversation about the virus on Twitter leads reports of diagnosed, confirmed cases - by between 2 and 5 days. (3/10)
People are talking most about the illness itself, as well as its global nature and impact. (4/10)
But all conversation topics are increasing over time. (5/10)
What about MISINFORMATION? We focus on 5 myths that we can accurately identify in tweet content. (6/10)
Considering these five myths, people are tweeting most about the origin of the virus. (7/10)
BUT there has been a recent uptick in myths about home remedies (eating garlic, drinking ginger tea, etc). (8/10)
In general, people are sharing quality information (CDC, WHO, other public health authorities) - about 14,000 tweets - about as often as they're sharing low quality misinformation sources (using @NewsGuardRating 's list) - about 12,000 tweets. (9/10)
Those are my favorite highlights but there's more in the paper! Check it out. It's still very much a work in progress so we appreciate any feedback. (10/10)
