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A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19

Yaozhi ZHANG [1]

Abstract

This research note investigates public perceptions of robotic services in the hospitality and tourism industry in the context of COVID-19. Relevant comments from YouTube videos were crawled and analysed by Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques including explorative analysis, sentiment analysis, and topic modelling. The results reveal that while there are supporters and opponents toward robotic services during the pandemic, the overall public sentiment is neutral, and confirm that the health factor and a series of social-cultural factors encompassing the employment concern, political influence, and cultural norm should be involved as more significant variables for COVID-Tourism research. Some practical suggestions for robotic services amidst COVID-19 are accordingly put forward.

Keywords

COVID-19, service robot, public perception, hospitality and tourism industry

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Details

Primary Language en
Subjects Hospitality Leisure Sport and Tourism
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Orcid: 0000-0003-0055-6087
Author: Yaozhi ZHANG (Primary Author)
Institution: University of Girona
Country: Spain
Dates

Application Date : September 23, 2020
Acceptance Date : December 3, 2020
Publication Date : January 6, 2021

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Bibtex @note { ahtr799210, journal = {Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR)}, issn = {2147-9100}, eissn = {2148-7316}, address = {Akdeniz University, Tourism Faculty Dumlupınar Boulevard Post Code: 07058 Campus ANTALYA, TURKEY}, publisher = {Akdeniz University}, year = {2021}, volume = {}, pages = {0 - 0}, doi = {10.30519/ahtr.799210}, title = {A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19}, key = {cite}, author = {Zhang, Yaozhi} }
APA Zhang, Y . (2021). A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19 . Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) , , 0-0 . DOI: 10.30519/ahtr.799210
MLA Zhang, Y . "A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19" . Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) (2021 ): 0-0 <https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ahtr/issue/59492/799210>
Chicago Zhang, Y . "A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19". Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) (2021 ): 0-0
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ISNAD Zhang, Yaozhi . "A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19". Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) / (January 2021): 0-0 . https://doi.org/10.30519/ahtr.799210
AMA Zhang Y . A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19. Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR). 2021; 0-0.
Vancouver Zhang Y . A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19. Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR). 2021; 0-0.
IEEE Y. Zhang , "A Big-Data Analysis of Public Perceptions of Service Robots Amid Covid-19", Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR), pp. 0-0, Jan. 2021, doi:10.30519/ahtr.799210
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