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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/68205, first published .
Social Media as an Emotional Barometer: Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformers–Long Short-Term Memory Sentiment Analysis on the Evolution of Public Sentiments During Influenza A on Sina Weibo

Social Media as an Emotional Barometer: Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformers–Long Short-Term Memory Sentiment Analysis on the Evolution of Public Sentiments During Influenza A on Sina Weibo

Social Media as an Emotional Barometer: Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformers–Long Short-Term Memory Sentiment Analysis on the Evolution of Public Sentiments During Influenza A on Sina Weibo

Authors of this article:

Yifan Ou1 Author Orcid Image ;   Gert-Jan de Bruijn1 Author Orcid Image ;   Peter Johannes Schulz2, 3 Author Orcid Image
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Yifan Ou   1 , MPhil ;   Gert-Jan de Bruijn   1 * , Prof Dr ;   Peter Johannes Schulz   2, 3 * , Prof Dr

1 Department of Communication, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

2 Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland

3 Department of Communication & Media, Ewha Womans University, Seoul,, Republic of Korea

*these authors contributed equally

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