Analyzing Reddit Social Media Content in the United States Related to H5N1: Sentiment and Topic Modeling Study

Oscar Pang   ^{1, 2} , BCS ;   Zahra Movahedi Nia   ^{1, 3, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Murray Gillies   ⁶ , PhD ;   Doris Leung   ⁶ , PhD ;   Nicola Bragazzi   ⁷ , MD ;   Itlala Gizo   ^{8, 9} , MD ;   Jude Dzevela Kong   ^{1, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12} , PhD

¹ Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modeling Lab, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Mathematics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Canada Animal Health Surveillance System, Elora, ON, Canada

⁷ Department of Food and Drugs, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

⁸ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

⁹ World Organization for Animal Health, Rue de Prony, France

¹⁰ Department of Mathematics, Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada