Public Opinions and Concerns Regarding the Canadian Prime Minister's Daily COVID-19 Briefing: Longitudinal Study of YouTube Comments Using Machine Learning Techniques.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: During the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provided updates on the novel coronavirus and the government's responses to the pandemic in his daily briefings from March 13 to May 22, 2020, delivered on the official Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) YouTube channel.

Authors

  • Chengda Zheng
    Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Jia Xue
    Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Yumin Sun
    Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  • Tingshao Zhu
    CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.