Volume 18, No. 6, 2021
Pattern Of Social Media Usage During Covid-19 Sentiment Analysis Of Twitter; A Study Of China, India And Pakistan
Nadia Saleem , Saba Sadiq , Tayyaba Saeed
Abstract
The Corona virus was identified in Wuhan city of China in the last month of 2019. The disease caused by Corona virus was named as COVID-19 by World Health Organization (WHO). COVID19 outbreak was declared as a pandemic in March 2020 by WHO. Originating from China, this virus spread all around the world resulting into thousands deaths in USA, Iran and many European countries especially inItaly, Spain. In Pakistan, the first case of Corona was diagnosed on February 26, 2020. The threat to human lives by following daily routine had resulted to complete lockdown in many countries. Due to limited mobility and restricted socialization in this lockdown, people have become more dependent on social media to express and to share their feelings. This research explores the pattern of social media usage in Pakistan, India and China through sentiment analysis of the tweets. This research has been conducted to analyse how the common people inthese three countries are handling this exceptional restricted daily routine. The tweets of Twitter users in China, India and Pakistan were collected, managed, and studied through sentiment analysis. The results of this study show that tweeters in India and Pakistan have more positive approach while discussing Covid-19; whereas, tweeters in China showed more negative sentiments of panic, grief and repulsion.
Pages: 7887-7896
Keywords: COVID19, Corona Virus, Social MediaUsage, Twitter, Sentiment Analysis