While Australians tweeted about panic buying, New Zealanders tweeted their support of strict COVID-19 lockdowns. A Monash University study which analysed close to three million tweets across six countries, has found key trends associated with public attitudes towards the pandemic.
COVID-19 public health measures: Worldwide responses observed through a social lens
Monash University
The interdisciplinary study was conducted by researchers from the Faculty of Information Technology (IT), together with a frontline medical professional. The researchers analysed Twitter-based discussions of public health measures, such as proper hand-hygiene, social distancing, travel bans and working from home, during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The data was obtained across six countries – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to determine which public health measures received support from the community and whether public
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