The Resurgence of Cyber Racism During the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Aftereffects: Analysis of Sentiments and Emotions in Tweets.
The Resurgence of Cyber Racism During the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Aftereffects: Analysis of Sentiments and Emotions in Tweets.
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10.2196/19833
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发表时间：
2020-10-15
影响因子：
8.5
通讯作者：
Dubey AD
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Dubey AD
随着全球COVID-19患者人数不断增加，中国和世界卫生组织被一些人指责为这种疾病的传播。因此，世界各地都有种族主义和仇恨行为的报道。当美国总统唐纳德·特朗普使用“中国病毒”一词时，这一问题获得了势头，亚裔现在成为目标。网上的情况看起来类似，仇恨的评论和帖子增加了。本文旨在通过评估与Twitter上的推文相关的情绪和情感，分析COVID-19大流行期间日益增多的网络种族主义实例。总共分析了2020年4月11日至16日的16，000条推文，以确定其相关的情绪和情感。采用R. Twitter的API和sentimentr包被用来收集推文，然后评估他们的情绪，分别。这项研究分析了与“中国病毒”、“武汉病毒”和“中国冠状病毒”等术语相关的情绪和情感。结果表明，大多数被分析的推文都是负面情绪，并带有恐惧，悲伤，愤怒和厌恶的情绪。有大量的诽谤和亵渎的话。此外，这些推文中还经常使用“中国说谎的人死了”、“武汉卫生组织”、“Kung Flu”、“中国必须付出代价”和“中共是恐怖分子”等术语。这项研究提供了对Twitter上网络种族主义抬头的深入了解。根据调查结果，可以得出结论，相当数量的用户在推特上对亚裔、中国和世界卫生组织持负面情绪。
With increasing numbers of patients with COVID-19 globally, China and the World Health Organization have been blamed by some for the spread of this disease. Consequently, instances of racism and hateful acts have been reported around the world. When US President Donald Trump used the term “Chinese Virus,” this issue gained momentum, and ethnic Asians are now being targeted. The online situation looks similar, with increases in hateful comments and posts. The aim of this paper is to analyze the increasing instances of cyber racism during the COVID-19 pandemic, by assessing emotions and sentiments associated with tweets on Twitter. In total, 16,000 tweets from April 11-16, 2020, were analyzed to determine their associated sentiments and emotions. Statistical analysis was carried out using R. Twitter API and the sentimentr package were used to collect tweets and then evaluate their sentiments, respectively. This research analyzed the emotions and sentiments associated with terms like “Chinese Virus,” “Wuhan Virus,” and “Chinese Corona Virus.” The results suggest that the majority of the analyzed tweets were of negative sentiment and carried emotions of fear, sadness, anger, and disgust. There was a high usage of slurs and profane words. In addition, terms like “China Lied People Died,” “Wuhan Health Organization,” “Kung Flu,” “China Must Pay,” and “CCP is Terrorist” were frequently used in these tweets. This study provides insight into the rise in cyber racism seen on Twitter. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that a substantial number of users are tweeting with mostly negative sentiments toward ethnic Asians, China, and the World Health Organization.
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