Topic modeling approaches for social media communication during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, large amounts of data have been generated in social media, for the processing of which automatic methods such as topic modeling become necessary. In various studies, this has already provided fundamental insights into the topics discussed in different geographical regions and at different points in time. Other parameters such as authorship have also taken into account for additional differentiation, or individual sub-areas of corona discourse have been considered separately. Another interesting subfield here is science communication, whose importance for successful pandemic response is often mentioned. Here, too, topic modeling can serve as an approach in the future to examine science communication in the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects in more detail.