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Comparing popular topics related to Covid-19 in Latin America and Europe
Chobdar, Pranav (2022) Comparing popular topics related to Covid-19 in Latin America and Europe.
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| Abstract: | The coronavirus pandemic ravaged the world with millions of deaths, lockdowns, etc. The pandemic has led to people all around the globe using social media more often to voice their opinions, especially on platforms such as Twitter. The effects and sentiments regarding the coronavirus pandemic have largely varied across different continents. The question remains, how did people on different continents react to the virus? Moreover, whether there are any differences between the sentiments of people from various continents about COVID-19. In this research, the Netherlands and Mexico were chosen as countries to conduct the research. The Netherlands and Mexico are culturally, politically, and socio-economically very different countries in Europe and Latin America, respectively. This paper makes two contributions. Firstly, popular topics related to COVID-19 are found in Mexico and the Netherlands. Lastly, the population’s sentiment related to the popular topics is compared. Data from Twitter in the form of tweets is collected from Mexico and the Netherlands during COVID-19. Clustering algorithms are used to perform an analysis of the collected data. Sentiment analysis on the popular topics related to COVID-19 is performed to find sentiment among the populace about the topics. The results aim to compare popular topics about COVID-19 in Latin America and Europe and the sentiments underneath the topics. Overall the research will provide a better understanding of the popular topics and people’s sentiments across different continents during the coronavirus pandemic. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Programme: | Computer Science BSc (56964) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91881 |
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