Pandemics in the age of Twitter: content analysis of Tweets during the 2009 H1N1 outbreak.

Surveys are popular methods to measure public perceptions in emergencies but can be costly and time consuming. We suggest and evaluate a complementary "infoveillance" approach using Twitter during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Our study aimed to: 1) monitor the use of the terms "H1N1"...

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Main Authors: Cynthia Chew, Gunther Eysenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2993925?pdf=render

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