Concerns Expressed by Chinese Social Media Users During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Content Analysis of Sina Weibo Microblogging Data

Junze Wang   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Ying Zhou   ^{1, 2} , BA ;   Wei Zhang   ³ , PhD ;   Richard Evans   ⁴ , PhD ;   Chengyan Zhu   ⁵ , PhD

¹ College of Public Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

² Non-traditional Security Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

³ School of Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

⁴ College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom

⁵ School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China