Negative Emotion under Haze: An Investigation Based on the Microblog and Weather Records of Tianjin, China
Nowadays, many big cities are suffering from heavy air pollution and continuous haze weather. Compared with the threat on physical health, the influence of haze on people’s mental health is much less discussed in the current literature. Emotion is one of the most important indicators of me...
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doaj-65aa3834fd4b4e1eb58b35f6a67f9fa12020-11-24T21:40:23ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012018-12-011618610.3390/ijerph16010086ijerph16010086Negative Emotion under Haze: An Investigation Based on the Microblog and Weather Records of Tianjin, ChinaXuan Sun0Wenting Yang1Tao Sun2Yaping Wang3Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaSchool of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaZhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, ChinaSchool of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8RS, UKNowadays, many big cities are suffering from heavy air pollution and continuous haze weather. Compared with the threat on physical health, the influence of haze on people’s mental health is much less discussed in the current literature. Emotion is one of the most important indicators of mental health. To understand the negative impact of haze weather on the emotion of the people, we conducted an investigation based on historical weather records and microblog data in Tianjin, China. Specifically, an emotional thesaurus was generated with a microblog corpus collected from sample data. Based on the thesaurus, the public emotion under haze was statistically described. Then, through correlation analysis and comparative study, the relation and seasonal variation of haze and negative emotion of the public were well discussed. According to the study results, there was indeed a correlation between haze and negative emotion of the public, but the strength of this relationship varied under different conditions. The level of air pollution and weather context were both important factors that influence the mental effects of haze, and diverse patterns of negative emotion expression were demonstrated in different seasons of a year. Finally, for the benefit of people’s mental health under haze, recommendations were given for haze control from the side of government.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/1/86public emotionhazemicroblogmental healthChina |
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Negative Emotion under Haze: An Investigation Based on the Microblog and Weather Records of Tianjin, China |
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Nowadays, many big cities are suffering from heavy air pollution and continuous haze weather. Compared with the threat on physical health, the influence of haze on people’s mental health is much less discussed in the current literature. Emotion is one of the most important indicators of mental health. To understand the negative impact of haze weather on the emotion of the people, we conducted an investigation based on historical weather records and microblog data in Tianjin, China. Specifically, an emotional thesaurus was generated with a microblog corpus collected from sample data. Based on the thesaurus, the public emotion under haze was statistically described. Then, through correlation analysis and comparative study, the relation and seasonal variation of haze and negative emotion of the public were well discussed. According to the study results, there was indeed a correlation between haze and negative emotion of the public, but the strength of this relationship varied under different conditions. The level of air pollution and weather context were both important factors that influence the mental effects of haze, and diverse patterns of negative emotion expression were demonstrated in different seasons of a year. Finally, for the benefit of people’s mental health under haze, recommendations were given for haze control from the side of government. |
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