Does aggressive tweeting by the government help to control the COVID-19 outbreak? Evidence from China

被引：1
作者：
Zheng, Shilin [1 ]
Li, Mengdan [2 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Social Sci, Univ Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Quantitat & Technol Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Hokkaido Univ, Fac Econ & Business, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
来源：
ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE | 2022年 / 30卷 / 04期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
COVID-19; outbreak; governmental social media; pandemic control; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;
D O I：
10.1111/ecot.12318
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper estimates the role of the usage of the largest social media platform in China, Sina Weibo, by the Chinese government for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. Manually collected governmental microblogs about the COVID-19 outbreak were analysed, which showed that a 10 per cent increase in the number of microblogs resulted in a 1.38 per cent decrease of confirmed COVID-19 cases. This effect was more pronounced in areas with less restrained travel restrictions. The effect relies primarily on two mechanisms: encouraging home quarantine and promoting knowledge about COVID-19 prevention.
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页数：23
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