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Analysis of social media messages on COVID-19

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cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtualsource.department 975ed61f-cbe2-4ab5-b0c9-73959331dfbc
cris.virtualsource.department 3a8ce7ae-c102-410b-bbb3-ff34d6a094e3
dc.contributor.author Patrick Udende
dc.contributor.author Kaior Samuel Akpede
dc.contributor.author Rasaq Mohammed Adisa
dc.contributor.author Ahmad Fahmi Mahamood
dc.contributor.author Shuhairimi Abdullah
dc.contributor.author Saudat S. Abdulbaqi
dc.contributor.author Abubakar Y. Ibrahim
dc.contributor.author Oba Abdulkadir La’aro
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-05T02:09:53Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-05T02:09:53Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.description.abstract There is a rich literature on health communication generally. Most of these literatures dwell on diseases and viruses (see Kampf, Todt, Pfaender & Steinermann, 2020). However, rarely is anything found on the emergent virus COVID-19 otherwise known as Corona virus. This gives impetus to the study which aim is to analyse messages people post on social media about the virus. A purposive sampling of selected messages on ASUU Congress Whatsapp platform of Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ilorin Chapter was used for the analysis between 1st January and 31st March 2020. Results show that most of the messages were on preventive measures as their hallmark was to create awareness on how to forestall people from being vulnerable to it. The study concludes that outbreak of novel diseases and viruses are bound to emerge, and social media will continue to serve as platforms for people to share messages about emerging diseases and viruses. Among other things, the study recommends sustained use of the social media by people to share not only preventive but also corrective measures about viruses as they emerge.
dc.identifier.uri https://johdec.unimap.edu.my/
dc.identifier.uri https://johdec.unimap.edu.my/images/PDF/JOHDEC_2022/39-52_BI.pdf
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/2064
dc.language.iso en
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Human Development and Communication (JoHDEC)
dc.relation.issn 2223-1535
dc.subject Covid-19
dc.subject Bubble
dc.subject Self-isolation
dc.subject Social distancing
dc.subject Social media
dc.title Analysis of social media messages on COVID-19
dc.type Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
dspace.entity.type Publication
oaire.citation.endPage 52
oaire.citation.startPage 39
oaire.citation.volume 11
oairecerif.author.affiliation University of Ilorin
oairecerif.author.affiliation Nasarawa State University
oairecerif.author.affiliation Nasarawa State University
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation University of Ilorin
oairecerif.author.affiliation University of Ilorin
oairecerif.author.affiliation University of Ilorin
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