Table 3.
Twitter iterations and filtering process
| UK (England) | Qatar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name of official app | NHS alpha and beta versions | NHS COVID19 APP | EHTERAZ |
| Tweets Scrapping Period | 1st March − 23rd September 2020 | 24th September − 30th December 2020 | 1st March – 30th December 2020 |
| Language | English | English | English and Arabic |
| Keywords Used for search | NHSx, NHS tracking and tracing, NHS digital | NHSCOVID19app | EHTERAZ, تطبيق_احتراز |
| Geolocation | England | England | Qatar |
| Source of Tweets | NHS, England Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) | NHSCOVID19 app, England Primary Care Trusts | All official Qatar Ministries |
| Total number of tweets | 9394 | 15,192 | 4205 |
| Total number of official tweets | 47 | 490 | 88 |
| Total number of direct official tweets (with no reply) | 25 | 435 | 88 |