Understanding Public Perceptions of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Social Media Analysis.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in late 2019 and its subsequent spread worldwide continues to be a global health crisis. Many governments consider contact tracing of citizens through apps installed on mobile phones as a key mechanism to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

Authors

  • Kathrin Cresswell
    Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Ahsen Tahir
    School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Zakariya Sheikh
    The University of Edinburgh, UK.
  • Zain Hussain
    Usher Institute, Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Andrés Domínguez Hernández
    Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
  • Ewen Harrison
    Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Robin Williams
    Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Aziz Sheikh
    Asthma UK Center for Applied Research, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Amir Hussain
    Cognitive Signal-Image and Control Processing Research Laboratory, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom.