野火和社交媒体话语:通过推特探索心理健康和情感福祉
Yury E García1, Miryam Elizabeth Villa-Pérez2, Kuang Li1
1Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
Frontiers in public health
|April 29, 2024
概括
野火显著影响心理健康,社交媒体数据提供实时洞察力. 这项研究分析了Tubbs火灾期间的Twitter数据,揭示了夜间活动增加以及负面和积极情绪的混合,以及压力问题.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 气候变化正在全球范围内增加野火频率和强度.
- 野火对身体和精神健康都有很大的风险.
- 传统的心理健康研究面临范围和及时性的局限性,引发了对社交媒体数据的兴趣.
研究的目的:
- 分析2017年加利福尼亚Tubbs火灾期间的Twitter用户数据,以评估心理健康影响.
- 在野火事件期间调查社交媒体对话中的情感幸福信号和新兴话题.
主要方法:
- 收集了受Tubbs火灾 (2017年10月8日至31日) 影响的Twitter用户的数据.
- 采用分析方法,包括词语使用,情感分析和主题建模.
- 利用语言调查和词汇计数 (LIWC) 来分类情感表达.
主要成果:
- 观察到用户在与野火相关的推特上的参与度增加,特别是在夜间和清晨.
- 在推特中发现了负面情绪 (43.0%) 与积极情绪 (23.1%) 的显著流行 (43.0%).
- 检测到高水平的压力 (36.3%) 和主要讨论主题,包括空气质量,情绪疲劳和政治反应.
结论:
- 社交媒体数据,如Twitter,提供了对野火对社区心理影响的立即见解.
- 公共卫生当局可以利用这些数据进行有针对性的心理健康宣传活动和资源分配.
- 根据用户表达的担忧量身定制宣传,可以增强支持并减轻与野火相关的心理痛苦.
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