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Twitter is becoming an increasingly important platform for disseminatinginformation during crisis situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Effectivecrisis communication on Twitter can shape the public perception of the crisis,influence adherence to preventative measures, and thus affect public health.Influential accounts are particularly important as they reach large audiencesquickly. This study identifies influential German-language accounts from almost3 million German tweets collected between January and May 2020 by constructinga retweet network and calculating PageRank centrality values. We capture thevolatility of crisis communication by structuring the analysis into sevenstages based on key events during the pandemic and profile influential accountsinto roles. Our analysis shows that news and journalist accounts wereinfluential throughout all phases, while government accounts were particularlyimportant shortly before and after the lockdown was instantiated. We discussimplications for crisis communication during health crises and for analyzinglong-term crisis data.

Who shapes crisis communication on Twitter? An analysis of influential German-language accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic