Table 3.
Themes, topics, keywords, and sample tweets related to the COVID-19 pandemic observed among users in India.
| Theme | Topic label | Keywords | Selected sample (modified) tweets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calls for behavioral changes | Government response 1 | pandemic, mask, mohfwindia, masks, way, pmoindia, times, risk, distancing, infection, drharshvardhan, contact, efforts, health, face, use, place, indiafightscorona, spread, mibindia | Maintain safe distance while shopping for essentials. Physical distancing prevents the spread of #COVID19. #TogetherAgainstCovid19 |
| Government response 2 | staysafe, indiafightscorona, odisha, home, safety, stayhome, stay, details, measures, spread, list, hand, ganjam, drug, water, order, restrictions, precautions, steps, odishafightscorona, disease, visit, indiafightscoronavirus, coronaoutbreak | Stay indoors, exercise moderately, consume healthy diet, keep yourself engaged, wash hands | |
| Government response 3 | modi, lockdown, pm, ji, india, fight, narendramodi, pmoindia, service, nation, bjp, president, rahulgandhi, shri, bjp4india, congress, minister, party, country | #India's fight against coronavirus is driven by people | |
| Searching for meaning | Need for close relationships | people, family, friends, love, members, help, food, support, time, hope, money, pls, look, kids, issue, lot, matter, action, problems, shares, hunger | Being separated from family is stressful. Emotional support from family members is very important during pandemic. |
| Political polarization and government incompetence | Responding to school operational strategy | students, education, school, exams, children, year, sir, quarantine, drrpnishank, hrdministry, home, lives, state, pmoindia, govt, aug, warriors, public | [name] Is the exam more important than the lives of students? We strongly condemn the guideline of the [name] Is the government putting students' lives at risk? |
| Sharing up-do-date information | Up-do-date statistics 1 | covid19india, india, coronavirusindia, coronaviruspandemic, coronaupdate, lakh, stayhomestaysafe, coronavirusoutbreak, coronavirusupdates, app, covid19pandemic, coronaupdatesinindia, indiafightscorona, war, lakhs, coronaupdates, campaign | #CoronaVirusUpdates India [date] New cases Confirmed [number] Active [number] Recovered [number] Deaths [number] |
| Up-do-date statistics 2 | cases, deaths, india, today, number, state, death, hours, health, toll, reports, spike, total, odisha, update, recoveries, tamilnadu, coronavirusupdates, patients, district, indiafightscorona, department, maharashtra, day, karnataka | [location] [number] new #COVID19 positive cases, [number] recoveries Deaths reported in State in last 24 h, Now total number of cases in state Rises to [number] including [number] Recovered, [number] active cases [number] Deaths State Health Dept | |
| Up-do-date statistics 3 | mumbai, data, new, case, maharashtra, result, latest, recovery, hospital, patients, cmomaharashtra, care, positive, centre, health, source, leader, covid19india, treatment, facility, bmc, active | #Covid19 Latest Updates [location] Positive: [number] Active: [number] Recovered: [number] Deceased: [number] New case: Data source: covid19india [date] | |
| Up-do-date statistics 4 | india, positivity, fatality, rate, numbers, growth, chennai, days, increase, august, states, countries, june, week, month, population, containment, time, districts, weeks | The positivity rate of #COVID19 testing in [location] has risen to [number] over the past few days from less than [number] at the beginning of the month. Other districts, including [location and [location] also have more than [number] positivity rate | |
| Up-do-date statistics 5 | test, samples, testing, kits, hospitals, icmr, treatment, technology, india, patients, research, results, medical, body, health, response, emergency, leadership, cost | [number] samples have been tested so far. [number] samples were tested yesterday, of which [number] samples were tested in [location] and remaining [number] samples were tested in [location] | |
| Up-do-date information on treatments | vaccine, development, phase, college, crisis, doctor, study, india, impact, world, market, months, pandemic, trials | [name] approves Phase II + III trials of [name] #COVID19 #vaccine in #India by [name]. Will hasten the development of #COVID19 #vaccine | |
| Latest news 1 | district, kashmir, jammu, report, updates, city, jk, live, guidelines, july, community, area, issues, icmrdelhi, follow, till, persons, transmission, experts, administration, corporation, spread, today | The administration on Wednesday imposed [number]-day lockdown across the Valley, except [location], to contain the spread of the #coronavirus. | |
| Latest news 2 | news, amitabhbachchan, bollywood, retweet, srbachchan, july, bachchan, daughter, share, media, blog, dailynews, vitorr, onlinenews, tweet, cricket | From [name] to [name]- Bollywood celebs who tested positive for #Coronavirus | |
| Latest news 3 | world, virus, china, india, country, economy, rt, link, amitshah, pandemic, usa, brazil, battle, uk, indiafightscovid19, pakistan, outbreak, click | India is the third worst hit country by covid. so lets get stronger and more resilient and keep plowing ahead. | |
| Calls for blood donations | delhi, plasma, blood, need, type, number, state, kerala, hospital, twitter, telangana, hyderabad, gujarat, component, pradesh | [location] Need #Blood Type A-positive At [location]. Blood Component Need Plasma from A + ve #COVID19 recovered patient. |