The politicization of medical preprints on Twitter during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic | Zendy

Aleksandra Urman | Zendy; Stefania Ionescu | Zendy; David García | Zendy; Anikó Hannák | Zendy

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The politicization of medical preprints on Twitter during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s) -

Aleksandra Urman,

Stefania Ionescu,

David García,

Anikó Hannák

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of quantitative description digital media

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2673-8813

DOI - 10.51685/jqd.2022.003

Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , preprint , politics , social media , political science , media studies , public discourse , medical science , public relations , sociology , virology , medicine , world wide web , computer science , medical education , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , outbreak

We examine the patterns of medical preprint sharing on Twitter during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our analysis demonstrates a stark increase in attention to medical preprints among the general public since the beginning of the pandemic. We also observe a political divide in medical preprint sharing patterns - a finding in line with previous observations regarding the politicisation of COVID-19-related discussions. In addition, we find that the increase in attention to preprints from the members of the general public coincided with the change in the social media-based discourse around preprints.

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