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most citedPublic sentiment analysis and topic modeling regarding COVID-19 vaccines on the Reddit social media platform: A call to action for strengthening vaccine confidence

220 citations · 316 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.CL2023★ 24 cited

Exploring celebrity influence on public attitude towards the COVID-19 pandemic: social media shared sentiment analysis

Brianna M White, Chad A Melton, Parya Zareie +3

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new opportunities for health communication, including an increase in the public use of online outlets for health-related emotions. People have…

cs.CL2022★ 52 cited

Fine-tuned Sentiment Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Social Media Data: Comparative Study

Chad A Melton, Brianna M White, Robert L Davis +2

This study investigated and compared public sentiment related to COVID-19 vaccines expressed on two popular social media platforms, Reddit and Twitter, harvested from January 1, 20…

cs.CY2022★ 20 cited

Examining the Implementation of Digital Health to Strengthen the COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Recovery and Scale up Equitable Vaccine Access in African Countries

Olufunto A Olusanya, Brianna White, Chad A Melton +1

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the world, having taken the lives of over 6 million individuals. Accordingly, this pandemic has caused a shift in conversations surrou…

cs.IR2021★ 220 cited

Public sentiment analysis and topic modeling regarding COVID-19 vaccines on the Reddit social media platform: A call to action for strengthening vaccine confidence

Chad A Melton, Olufunto A Olusanya, Nariman Ammar +1

The COVID-19 pandemic fueled one of the most rapid vaccine developments in history. However, misinformation spread through online social media often leads to negative vaccine senti…