3/23/2023 0 Comments Google trends debate![]() Regarding COVID-19–related “diseases,” in most countries, the RSV of the term “coronavirus” increased earlier than that of “covid-19” however, around April 2020, the search volume of the term “covid-19” surpassed that of “coronavirus.” Regarding the topic “treatments and medical resources,” the most and least searched terms were “mask” and “ventilator,” respectively. Results: Across all search trends in eight countries, almost all search peaks appeared between March and April 2020, and declined in April 2020. Also, time-lag correlation analysis was used to further explore the relationship between search terms trends and the number of new daily cases, as well as the relationship between search terms trends and news coverage. We depicted the characteristics of the COVID-19 news coverage trends over time, as well as the search query trends for the topics of COVID-19–related “diseases,” “treatments and medical resources,” “symptoms and signs,” and “public measures.” The search query trends provided the relative search volume (RSV) as an indicator to represent the popularity of a specific search term in a specific geographic area over time. We collected data on COVID-19 news coverage and Google search queries from eight countries (ie, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand) between January 1 and April 29, 2020. Methods: To achieve the study objectives, we analyzed the public’s information-seeking behaviors on Google and news media coverage on COVID-19. Objective: The aim of this study was to understand health communication through Google Trends and news coverage and to explore their relationship with prevention and control of COVID-19 at the early epidemic stage. Google is among the most used internet search engines, and the Google Trends tool can reflect how the public seeks COVID-19–related health information during the pandemic. National Media Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centerīackground: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, health information related to COVID-19 has spread across news media worldwide. JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology 31 articlesġDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong KongĢDepartment of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaģSchool of Journalism and Communication, National Media Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaĤCollege of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaĥCollege of Economic and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, ChinaĦInternational School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaħCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ArmeniaĨFaculty of Computer Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaĩSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kongġ0MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Mary’s Campus, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdomġ1Department of Communication, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, United States.JMIR Biomedical Engineering 66 articles.Journal of Participatory Medicine 76 articles.JMIR Perioperative Medicine 86 articles.JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies 189 articles.JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 266 articles. ![]() Interactive Journal of Medical Research 286 articles.JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 1071 articles.Journal of Medical Internet Research 7222 articles.
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