Analysis of the COVID-19 Communication on Twitter via Multilayer Network

Milan Petrović, Milan Petrović, Zoran Levnajić, Ana Meštrović, Ana Meštrović

2022

Abstract

In this paper we describe a multilayer network based framework for the representation of online communication in social media. More precisely, we define the formalism that captures knowledge about the users, actions and messages in social networks such as Twitter. We present a possible application of the proposed framework for the analysis of COVID-19-related communications on Twitter in the Croatian language during the third wave of the pandemic. Given the multilayer network of six layers, we first calculate and analyse set global and local network measures. In the second step, we perform the grouping of the tweets by using community detection algorithm and k-means clustering of tweets represented as vectors composed of centrality measures across the layers. As a result, the proposed multilayer framework provides an insight into the crisis communication in terms of quantifying users’ actions and the amount of tweeting and retweeting about the specific topics related to COVID-19

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Petrović M., Levnajić Z. and Meštrović A. (2022). Analysis of the COVID-19 Communication on Twitter via Multilayer Network. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing - Volume 1: ISAIC; ISBN 978-989-758-622-4, SciTePress, pages 377-384. DOI: 10.5220/0011939700003612

in Bibtex Style

@conference{isaic22,
author={Milan Petrović and Zoran Levnajić and Ana Meštrović},
title={Analysis of the COVID-19 Communication on Twitter via Multilayer Network},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing - Volume 1: ISAIC},
year={2022},
pages={377-384},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011939700003612},
isbn={978-989-758-622-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing - Volume 1: ISAIC
TI - Analysis of the COVID-19 Communication on Twitter via Multilayer Network
SN - 978-989-758-622-4
AU - Petrović M.
AU - Levnajić Z.
AU - Meštrović A.
PY - 2022
SP - 377
EP - 384
DO - 10.5220/0011939700003612
PB - SciTePress