Tracking mob Dynamics in online social networks Using epidemiology model based on Mobility Equations
Journal:
arXiv
Published Date:
Apr 19, 2025
Abstract
Nowadays, social media is the main tool in our new lives. The outbreak news
and all related obtained from social media, and mob events affect the of spread
these news fast. Recently, epidemiological models to study disease spread and
analyze the behavior of mob groups by dealing with "contagions" that propagate
through user networks. In this research, we introduced a mathematical model to
analyze social behavior related to COVID-19 spread by examining Twitter
activity from April 2020 to June 2020. The main feature of this model is the
integration of mobility dynamics that be derived from the above real data, to
adjust the rate of outbreak based on the response of social interactions.
Consider mobility as a parameter of time-varying, and fluctuations in the rate
of contact that is driven by factors like personal behavior or external
affecting such as "lockdown" and "quarantine" etc., to track public sentiment
and engagement trends during the pandemic. The threshold number is derived, and
the existence of bifurcation and the stability of the steady states are
established. Numerical simulations and sensitivity analysis of relevant
parameters are also carried out.