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. 2021 Feb 13;51(5):3052–3073. doi: 10.1007/s10489-020-02033-3

Table 3.

Summarizing the discussed topics for each period

January-February 2020 ∙ Acquaintance stage
− Virus origin and naming: Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), asie, épidemie (FR), cina (IT), Coronavirus (EN) and
Inline graphic (JA), sars and ncov
− Emergency affection: allarmismi (IT), urgence (FR) , murdered (DE)
− Virus outbreak and mobilization of official authorities: Inline graphicInline graphicInline graphic (AR), medico (IT),
hausarzt (DE), viajes, vuelve, puerto (ES), Inline graphicInline graphicInline graphicInline graphic
(JA), masks, hands, quarantine (EN)
March-April 2020 ∙ Shock stage and radical change in daily life
− A state of alert with the official authorities: Inline graphic (JA), emergenza (IT), crisis (ES), crise (FR),
ausnahmezustand, coronakrise, gefährlicher (DE), emergenza (IT), fallecido (ES) , Inline graphic (AR), morts,
décès, deuil (FR), deaths (EN)
− Confrontation of the pandemic by the mobilization of
the political and financial capabilities: Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), Inline graphic (JA), lucha, ejército (ES), lutte (FR),
Inline graphic (JA), sindaco (IT), presidente, gobierno (ES), ministre, gouvernement, autorités (FR), behörde, bund,
bundesregierung, regierung (DE), Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), president, government, politics (EN)
− Quarantine as taken measure to combat the virus: confinement (FR), Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), quarantäne
(DE), cuarente, confinamiento (ES), quarantena (IT), lockdown, quarantine (EN), casa (IT), casa (ES),
Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), house (EN)
− Quarantine’s related topics:
∗ Education topic: Inline graphic, Inline graphic (JA), niños (ES), Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), estudio (ES), écoles,
étude (FR), school (EN)
March-April 2020 ∙ Shock stage and radical change in daily life
∗ Economic impact of the Covid-19 epidemic: euro, industriale (IT), euros, compãnia (ES), firma (DE), Inline graphic (AR)
∗ Topics about the axis of work: Inline graphic, Inline graphic (JA), lavoro, workers (EN),
mitarbeiter (DE), travail (FR), trabajadores (ES)
− Prevention Topic: Inline graphic (JA), Inline graphic (AR), Inline graphic (JA), Inline graphic (AR), hands (EN), manos
(ES), Inline graphic (JA), Inline graphic (AR), masks (EN), maskenpflicht, schutzmasken, masken (DE),
masque (FR), protezione, mascherine (IT), distancing (EN), distanzierung (DE), distance (FR)
− Stock exchange of cases and appropriate drug searching: casi (IT), caso (ES), Inline graphic (AR), tests (FR),
positiv (DE), positive (EN), positivo (ES), positive (IT), médicaments, traitement (FR), drug (EN),
farmaco, terapia (IT), Inline graphic (AR), Inline graphic (JA), vaccino (IT), invacuna (ES), impfung, forscher
, lungenarzt (DE), vaccine (EN), scientifique (FR), investigadores (ES), ricercatori , virologist (IT)
March-April 2020 ∙ Shock stage and radical change in daily life − News and its sources related topic: Inline graphic,
Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic (JA), news (EN)(IT)(FR), noticias,
sociales (ES), Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), réseaux (FR)
− Religious and faith dimensions: Inline graphic, Inline graphic, Inline graphic (AR), jesus, prayer, church (EN), papa (IT)
− Solidarity Topic: sociale (IT), social , ayudas (ES), obdachlose, gibt, hilfe , zusammen (DE),
Inline graphic (AR)
End April- 15 May 2020 ∙ Returning to normal life and taking into consideration the coexistence with the virus
− Gradual quarantine lifting topic: déconfinement (FR), Inline graphic (AR), lockerungen, öffnen, freiheit (DE),
salir (ES), ripartire (IT), tierpark, maßnahmen, schulen, Kinos (DE), colegio, laboral (ES), Inline graphic (AR),
école, plages, travail (FR), market (EN)
− Police and law enforcement topic: force (EN), polizia (IT), policìa (ES), bußgeldkatalog (DE)