Xuan-Da Pei

Timing Matters: Contrasting Public Sentiment During Wuhan’s and Shanghai’s COVID-19 Lockdowns

Optimal crisis management depends on how much the public can tolerate stringent measures. Using large-scale Weibo microblog data and two sentiment analysis models, this study investigated and compared public sentiment responses during the COVID-19 lockdowns in Wuhan and Shanghai, focusing on how residents’ emotional ex...