Perceptions of blame on social media during the coronavirus pandemic

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Highlights：

• Social media users predominantly blame national governments for the coronavirus pandemic.

• There was an explosion of conspiracy theories regarding origin and propagation of coronavirus in social media.

• Blame attribution among the public shifts as the pandemic progresses.

• Early restriction of information regarding the coronavirus may have led to the exponential increase in conspiracy theories.

摘要

•Social media users predominantly blame national governments for the coronavirus pandemic.•There was an explosion of conspiracy theories regarding origin and propagation of coronavirus in social media.•Blame attribution among the public shifts as the pandemic progresses.•Early restriction of information regarding the coronavirus may have led to the exponential increase in conspiracy theories.

论文关键词：Coronavirus,Covid–19,Blame,Social media,Pandemic,Twitter

论文评审过程：Received 15 September 2020, Revised 26 January 2021, Accepted 8 May 2021, Available online 4 June 2021, Version of Record 25 June 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106895