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Pandemic perceptions: analyzing sentiment in COVID-19 tweets

dc.contributor.authorBashir, Shadaab Kawnain, author
dc.contributor.authorRay, Indrakshi, advisor
dc.contributor.authorShirazi, Hossein, advisor
dc.contributor.authorWang, Haonan, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-01T11:24:15Z
dc.date.available2024-01-01T11:24:15Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractSocial media, particularly Twitter, became the center of public discourse during the COVID-19 global crisis, shaping narratives and perceptions. Recognizing the critical need for a detailed examination of this digital interaction, our research dives into the mechanics of pandemic-related Twitter conversations. This study seeks to understand the many dynamics and effects at work in disseminating COVID-19 information by analyzing and comparing the response patterns displayed by tweets from influential individuals and organizational accounts. To meet the research goals, we gathered a large dataset of COVID-19-related Tweets during the pandemic, which was then meticulously manually annotated. In this work, task-specific transformers and LLM models are used to provide tools for analyzing the digital effects of COVID-19 on sentiment analysis. By leveraging domain-specific models RoBERTa[Twitter] fine-tuned on social media data, this research improved performance in critical task of sentiment analysis. Investigation demonstrates individuals express subjective feelings more frequently compared to organizations. Organizations, however, disseminate more pandemic content in general.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifierBashir_colostate_0053N_18095.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/237360
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectsentiment analysis
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.titlePandemic perceptions: analyzing sentiment in COVID-19 tweets
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thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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