Multiplicity and dynamics of social representations of the COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese social media from 2019 to 2020

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Highlights：

• Topic networks were analyzed from 40 million Weibo posts with machine learning.

• Social representations of COVID-19 changed over time from 2019 to 2020 in China.

• COVID-19 science did not take a prominent position in the social representations.

• The public and opinion leaders aligned closely in their social representations.

摘要

•Topic networks were analyzed from 40 million Weibo posts with machine learning.•Social representations of COVID-19 changed over time from 2019 to 2020 in China.•COVID-19 science did not take a prominent position in the social representations.•The public and opinion leaders aligned closely in their social representations.

论文关键词：COVID-19,Health communication,Machine learning,Social media,Social representation,Global pandemic recovery

论文评审过程：Received 30 January 2022, Revised 23 May 2022, Accepted 29 May 2022, Available online 31 May 2022, Version of Record 3 June 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2022.102990