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JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2457) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1360) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1048) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (466) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1519)

Published on in Vol 22, No 8 (2020): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/21360, first published .
Grappling With the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Content Analysis of Communication Strategies and Their Effects on Public Engagement on Social Media

Grappling With the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Content Analysis of Communication Strategies and Their Effects on Public Engagement on Social Media

Grappling With the COVID-19 Health Crisis: Content Analysis of Communication Strategies and Their Effects on Public Engagement on Social Media

Authors of this article:

Cindy Sing Bik Ngai1 Author Orcid Image ;   Rita Gill Singh2 Author Orcid Image ;   Wenze Lu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Alex Chun Koon3 Author Orcid Image
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