Infodemic insights: Mapping COVID-19’s digital discourse in Romania
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30 mar 2025
O artykule
Kategoria artykułu: Research Article
Data publikacji: 30 mar 2025
Zakres stron: 15 - 34
Otrzymano: 12 gru 2024
Przyjęty: 17 mar 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmcks-2025-0003
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© 2025 Andrei Răzvan Sǎvescu et al., published by Sciendo
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Topics identified through LDA_
| Topic | Words and probabilities |
|---|---|
| Number of cases | 0.056*“covid” + 0.040*“cases” + 0.030*“people” + 0.025*“hours” + 0.025*“recent” + 0.014*“deaths” + 0.013*“patients” + 0.011*“coronavirus” + 0.010*“number” + 0.010*“county” |
| Financial aspects | 0.027*“lei” + 0.026*“days” + 0.013*“person” + 0.012*“covid” + 0.010*“room” + 0.009*“euro” + 0.008*“rate” + 0.007*“hotel” + 0.007*“test” + 0.006*“period” |
| Health measures | 0.021*“covid” + 0.005*“Romania” + 0.004*“anticovid” + 0.004*“years” + 0.004*“against” + 0.003*“now” + 0.003*“vaccine” + 0.003*“done” + 0.003*“must” + 0.003*“health” |
Main variables extracted from Facebook posts using the CrowdTangle platform, covering the period from March 2020 to June 2022, with posts selected by choosing “Covid” as a keyword_
| Variable name | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Post Created Date | Date the post was created (used as an index for the database) |
| Page Name | Name of the page that posted |
| Page Category | Page category by industry |
| Page Description | Short description of the page |
| Type | Post type (video, status, Photo, Link) |
| Total Iteractions | Total number of interactions |
| Likes | Number of likes of the post |
| Comments | Post comment count |
| Shares | Number of shares of the post |
| Post Views | Number of views |
| URL | The link present in the post |
| Message | Post text |