What are the Topics Discussed by the Singaporean Public on About COVID-19? An Exploratory Analysis of Telegram Chats

preprint OA: closed
View at publisher

Abstract

This study examines messages on Telegram groups to understand what the public is concerned with during the COVID-19 crisis. Using Anchored Correlation Explanation as a topic modelling technique, this study examines 48,226 messages found in five Telegram groups discussing the COVID-19 situation in Singapore. There were three topics of interest: 1) buying and selling activity involving protective equipment like masks, 2) Masks, 3) Signs and symptoms of diseases.

My notes (saved in your browser only)

Citation neighborhood (no data yet)

We don't have any in-corpus citations linked to this paper yet. The paper's references may be in our DB but unresolved to ``paper_id`` (resolution happens at ingest when the cited DOI matches a row we already have). Run the cross-source citation reconcile pass to retry.

Source provenance

europepmc
last seen: 2026-05-19T01:45:01.086888+00:00