Published on in Vol 22, No 11 (2020): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/21933, first published .
Public Emotions and Rumors Spread During the COVID-19 Epidemic in China: Web-Based Correlation Study

Public Emotions and Rumors Spread During the COVID-19 Epidemic in China: Web-Based Correlation Study

Public Emotions and Rumors Spread During the COVID-19 Epidemic in China: Web-Based Correlation Study

Wei Dong   1 * , PhD ;   Jinhu Tao   1 * , MA ;   Xiaolin Xia   1 * , BA ;   Lin Ye   2 * , MA ;   Hanli Xu   3 , PhD ;   Peiye Jiang   4 , PhD ;   Yangyang Liu   1 , PhD

1 School of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

2 School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

3 College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China

4 Office of International Cooperation and Exchanges, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

*these authors contributed equally

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