Social Big Data Analysis of Information Spread and Perceived Infection Risk during the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak in South Korea

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 22-29

  Song, Juyoung ^a   Song, Tae Min ^b   Seo, Dong Chul ^c   Jin, Dal Lae ^b   Kim, Jung Sun ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Inst Hlth and Social Aff   (South Korea)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SK Telecom   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MERS; Social big data; Social networking

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85009445679     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0126     Document Type: Article

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