Themes and Sentiments of Online Comments under COVID-19: A Case Study of Macau

Xi Chen; Vincent Xian Wang; Chu-ren Huang

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-06703-7_39

Themes and Sentiments of Online Comments under COVID-19: A Case Study of Macau

Xi Chen
, Vincent Xian Wang
, Chu-ren Huang

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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Abstract

This study investigates the comments posted in two popular channels on YouTube (February to July 2020) that reveal Macau people’s concerns and feelings under the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the themes elaborated and sentiments expressed. By themes, Macau people showed their concerns on the epidemic situation, economy, the problems it caused, and how the government reacted to the epidemic. In addition, the theme on Mainland China evolved around whether the Central Government would help Macau carry through this pandemic. Moreover, the sentiment results represent Macau people’s worries and uncertainty towards the pandemic. Our study casts light on understanding the living condition of people being confronted with the epidemic in terms of their linguistic behaviour.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Chinese Lexical Semantics
Subtitle of host publication	22nd Workshop, CLSW 2021 Nanjing, China, May 15–16, 2021 Revised Selected Papers, Part I
Editors	Minghui Dong, Yanhui Gu, Jia-Fei Hong
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	494–503
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-06703-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-06702-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06703-7_39
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2022
Event	Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop - Duration: 15 May 2021 → 16 May 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	13249
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Name	Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2945-9133
ISSN (Electronic)	2945-9141

Conference

Conference	Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop
Period	15/05/21 → 16/05/21

Keywords

Corpus-assisted theme analysis
Sentiment analysis
Macau
COVID-19

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Chen, X., Wang, V. X., & Huang, C. (2022). Themes and Sentiments of Online Comments under COVID-19: A Case Study of Macau. In M. Dong, Y. Gu, & J.-F. Hong (Eds.), Chinese Lexical Semantics: 22nd Workshop, CLSW 2021 Nanjing, China, May 15–16, 2021 Revised Selected Papers, Part I (pp. 494–503). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13249), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06703-7_39

Chen, Xi ; Wang, Vincent Xian ; Huang, Chu-ren. / Themes and Sentiments of Online Comments under COVID-19 : A Case Study of Macau. Chinese Lexical Semantics: 22nd Workshop, CLSW 2021 Nanjing, China, May 15–16, 2021 Revised Selected Papers, Part I. editor / Minghui Dong ; Yanhui Gu ; Jia-Fei Hong. Springer Cham, 2022. pp. 494–503 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence).

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Chen, X, Wang, VX & Huang, C 2022, Themes and Sentiments of Online Comments under COVID-19: A Case Study of Macau. in M Dong, Y Gu & J-F Hong (eds), Chinese Lexical Semantics: 22nd Workshop, CLSW 2021 Nanjing, China, May 15–16, 2021 Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13249, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Cham, pp. 494–503, Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop, 15/05/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06703-7_39

Themes and Sentiments of Online Comments under COVID-19: A Case Study of Macau. / Chen, Xi; Wang, Vincent Xian; Huang, Chu-ren.
Chinese Lexical Semantics: 22nd Workshop, CLSW 2021 Nanjing, China, May 15–16, 2021 Revised Selected Papers, Part I. ed. / Minghui Dong; Yanhui Gu; Jia-Fei Hong. Springer Cham, 2022. p. 494–503 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13249), (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence).

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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