Construction and measurement of social media early-warning system for major Public Health Emergencies and social crisis communication under the perspective of crisis communication

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The study found that social media has played an important role in crisis response. The measurement results of People's Daily Online show that although the early warning index of social media is green and safe, that is, it is safer, there are still problems such as untimely and inaccurate crisis early warning, and lack of attention to crisis recovery. Humanities/Cultural and media studies Social science/Cultural and media studies Humanities/Health humanities Humanities/Medical humanities Crisis communication early warning system Social media Public Health COVID-19 crisis management Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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