A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media
The negative and unbalanced nature of media and social media coverage has amplified anxieties and fears about the Ebola outbreak. The authors analyse news articles on the Ebola outbreak from two leading news outlets, together with comments on the articles from a well-known social media platform, fro...
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| author | John, Blooma Baulch, Bob Wickramasinghe, Nilmini |
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| description | The negative and unbalanced nature of media and social media coverage has amplified anxieties and fears about the Ebola outbreak. The authors analyse news articles on the Ebola outbreak from two leading news outlets, together with comments on the articles from a well-known social media platform, from March 2014 to July 2015. The volume of news articles was greatest between August 2014 and January 2015, with a spike in October 2014, and was driven by the few cases of transmission in Europe and the USA. Sentiment analysis reveals coverage and commentary on the small number of Ebola cases in Europe and the USA were much more extensive than coverage and commentary on the outbreak in West Africa. Articles expressing negative sentiments were more common in the USA and also received more comments than those expressing positive sentiments. The negative sentiments expressed in the media and social media amplified fears about an Ebola outbreak outside West Africa, which increased pressure for unwarranted and wasteful precautionary measures. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1433272025-12-08T10:06:44Z A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media John, Blooma Baulch, Bob Wickramasinghe, Nilmini analysis diffusion of information journalism ebolavirus epidemics social media The negative and unbalanced nature of media and social media coverage has amplified anxieties and fears about the Ebola outbreak. The authors analyse news articles on the Ebola outbreak from two leading news outlets, together with comments on the articles from a well-known social media platform, from March 2014 to July 2015. The volume of news articles was greatest between August 2014 and January 2015, with a spike in October 2014, and was driven by the few cases of transmission in Europe and the USA. Sentiment analysis reveals coverage and commentary on the small number of Ebola cases in Europe and the USA were much more extensive than coverage and commentary on the outbreak in West Africa. Articles expressing negative sentiments were more common in the USA and also received more comments than those expressing positive sentiments. The negative sentiments expressed in the media and social media amplified fears about an Ebola outbreak outside West Africa, which increased pressure for unwarranted and wasteful precautionary measures. 2020-01-01 2024-05-22T12:13:25Z 2024-05-22T12:13:25Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143327 en Limited Access IGI Global John, Blooma; Baulch, Bob; and Wickramasinghe, Nilmini. 2020. A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media. In Handbook of Research on Optimizing Healthcare Management Techniques, ed. Nilmini Wickramasinghe. Chapter 14, Pp. 202-212. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1371-2.ch014 |
| spellingShingle | analysis diffusion of information journalism ebolavirus epidemics social media John, Blooma Baulch, Bob Wickramasinghe, Nilmini A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media |
| title | A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media |
| title_full | A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media |
| title_fullStr | A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media |
| title_full_unstemmed | A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media |
| title_short | A sentiment analysis of the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in the media and social media |
| title_sort | sentiment analysis of the 2014 15 ebola outbreak in the media and social media |
| topic | analysis diffusion of information journalism ebolavirus epidemics social media |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143327 |
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