Psychological fear and anxiety caused by COVID-19: Insights from Twitter analytics

Singh, Prabhsimran; Singh, Sukhjeet; Sohal, Manreet Kaur; Dwivedi, Yogesh K.; Kahlon, Karanjeet Singh; Sawhney, Ravinder Singh

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102280

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“…Integrated environmental identity resists the changes taking place in the social context. Even a crisis situation, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown and the resultant fear, anger, and anxiety over the health and economic situation [34,48,49] has not resulted in a decrease in public interest in environmental issues. This finding is in line with other studies [23][24][25] that focused on the integrity of sustainable identity with 'green behavior'.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Creation of Environmental Identity and Attitudes towards Energy Sustainability Using the Framework of Identity Theory and Big Data Analysis

Domalewska¹

2021

Energies

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Embracing sustainability in the 21st century entails developing environmental identity, so that attitudes towards energy sustainability result from the core values of one’s individual and social identity. This study aims to explore the shift in the formation of environmental identity and attitudes towards energy sustainability throughout the course of the two-year study period (2018–2020). A dataset of 8,677,961 tweets, Facebook posts and comments and 325,228 news articles was collected to carry out quantitative analysis of the distribution of the posts, likes, and comments. A correlation with media coverage of energy and green topics was sought to establish the impact of the media on public debate. A qualitative analysis of posts and tweets was carried out to establish dominant themes. The findings of the study reveal that both positive attitudes towards energy sustainability and environmental identity have been consolidated throughout the two-year study period. Social media users are not only increasingly interested in green issues but also produce more reactions towards posts related to sustainability topics. The results also suggest that sustainable values and green behavior are independent from the media coverage of current events and the perceived threat to one’s health from COVID-19. Social networking sites provide a context in which users not only reinforce their beliefs and values, but also mimic the behavior of other users, which leads to the formation of a social media identity bubble that reinforces shared identity—in this case, environmental identity. This study offers a multidisciplinary perspective on sustainable development that will be able to drive equitable energy security and environmental security.

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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Creation of Environmental Identity and Attitudes towards Energy Sustainability Using the Framework of Identity Theory and Big Data Analysis

Domalewska¹

2021

Energies

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“…Screen fatigue, being awake at odd hours of the night due to time zones have a disastrous impact on their mental health, and cause anxiety due to not being able to give exams in the correct frame of mind. An interesting study revealed that all around the world, the negative sentiments individuals expressed on social media platform Twitter were anxiety related, due to the loss of jobs, and social isolation [31]. Another study done revealed that out of their sample size of 403 participants, students and healthcare professionals were most adversely impacted by anxiety in this context.…”

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“…A number of individuals have reported hesitancy and concerns over long term effects of the vaccine. In India, the recent shortage of vaccines can be a potential facet of anxiety, given the full blown second wave that the country is facing [49].…”

Section: Covid Vaccine Related Anxietymentioning

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Various Facets of Anxiety during the Pandemic in India - Critical Issues

Laijawala¹,

Sonavane²,

Sousa³

2021

Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Resilience During the Pandemic Period - Anthropological and Psychological Perspectives

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a lot of challenges. Among these challenges, the most pressing causes for concern are mental health issues. Anxiety is one such mental health concern that statistics has shown as increasing since the beginning of the pandemic. Numerous causes have contributed to these rising levels of anxiety. Health related concerns, loss of income, are just some of the many reasons that individuals have attributed their anxiety to. The Indian population has especially seen a massive number of jobs that have been lost, and the first lockdown in April 2020 saw a major domestic migrant crisis. In addition, a number of groups, such as the elderly, women, and the youth have faced anxiety provoking situations of their own. While India is currently facing a second wave exactly a year later, the facets of anxiety to take into consideration are numerous. The chapter looks at various facets of anxiety that have been encountered during the pandemic from an Indian context.

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“…P. Singh et al. aims to map people’s opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic all around the world, fear and hardships faced by them [8] .…”

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An intelligent framework to predict socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 and public sentiments

Nasir

Shah

Ashraf

et al. 2021

Computers & Electrical Engineering

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The outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has extremely shaken the whole world. COVID-19 has increased human distress, damaged the global economy, flipped the lives of many people around the world upside down, and has had a huge effect on the health, economic, environmental, and social sectors. This study aims to determine the social and economic trends in the outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan. Machine learning techniques learn patterns from historical data and make predictions on its basis. Furthermore, an online survey has been conducted to collect data and a total of 410 responses are collected. Machine learning techniques have been used to highlight the impact of COVID-19 on daily life. Moreover, sentiment analysis on tweets of Pakistan has also been performed to evaluate the positive and negative sentiments of the people on COVID-19.

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Psychological fear and anxiety caused by COVID-19: Insights from Twitter analytics

Cited by 46 publications

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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Creation of Environmental Identity and Attitudes towards Energy Sustainability Using the Framework of Identity Theory and Big Data Analysis

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Creation of Environmental Identity and Attitudes towards Energy Sustainability Using the Framework of Identity Theory and Big Data Analysis

Various Facets of Anxiety during the Pandemic in India - Critical Issues

An intelligent framework to predict socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 and public sentiments

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