Understanding the information disseminated using twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jorge Torres; Vaibhav Anu; Aparna S. Varde

doi:10.1109/IEMTRONICS52119.2021.9422523

Understanding the information disseminated using twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jorge Torres, Vaibhav Anu, Aparna S. Varde

Computer Science

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Abstract

Twitter, with its ever-growing influence, has continued to serve as a means of spreading information and often providing early warnings to the situations that the world is encountering. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. With this disease resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, it is valuable that an analysis is conducted regarding the source of information posted on social media sites such as Twitter. In this study, we specifically analyze the source- URLs being posted by influential Twitter accounts. Our main goal in this study is to understand the kind of online materials, i.e., external weblinks that Twitter users prefer to promote/share about COVID-19.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings
Editors	Satyajit Chakrabarti, Rajashree Paul, Bob Gill, Malay Gangopadhyay, Sanghamitra Poddar
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665440677
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMTRONICS52119.2021.9422523
State	Published - 21 Apr 2021
Event	2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Toronto, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2021 → 24 Apr 2021

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Name	2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings

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Conference	2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	21/04/21 → 24/04/21

Keywords

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Data analytics
Pandemic
Social media
Twitter informatics

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Torres, J., Anu, V., & Varde, A. S. (2021). Understanding the information disseminated using twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. In S. Chakrabarti, R. Paul, B. Gill, M. Gangopadhyay, & S. Poddar (Eds.), 2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings Article 9422523 (2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMTRONICS52119.2021.9422523

Torres, Jorge ; Anu, Vaibhav ; Varde, Aparna S. / Understanding the information disseminated using twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings. editor / Satyajit Chakrabarti ; Rajashree Paul ; Bob Gill ; Malay Gangopadhyay ; Sanghamitra Poddar. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. (2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings).

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Torres, J, Anu, V & Varde, AS 2021, Understanding the information disseminated using twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. in S Chakrabarti, R Paul, B Gill, M Gangopadhyay & S Poddar (eds), 2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings., 9422523, 2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021, Toronto, Canada, 21/04/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMTRONICS52119.2021.9422523

Understanding the information disseminated using twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. / Torres, Jorge; Anu, Vaibhav ; Varde, Aparna S.
2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings. ed. / Satyajit Chakrabarti; Rajashree Paul; Bob Gill; Malay Gangopadhyay; Sanghamitra Poddar. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. 9422523 (2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings).

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Torres J, Anu V , Varde AS. Understanding the information disseminated using twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Chakrabarti S, Paul R, Gill B, Gangopadhyay M, Poddar S, editors, 2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. 9422523. (2021 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference, IEMTRONICS 2021 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/IEMTRONICS52119.2021.9422523

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