Public trauma after the Sewol ferry disaster: The role of social media in understanding the public mood

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 10974-10983

  Woo, Hyekyung ^a   Cho, Youngtae ^a   Shim, Eunyoung ^a   Lee, Kihwang ^b   Song, Gilyoung ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yungjeon Bldg   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Public mood; Public trauma; Sewol ferry disaster; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; KOREA; LIFE STRESS; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC TRAUMA; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDE; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

KOREA;

DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC OPINION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84940972525     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120910974     Document Type: Article

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