EVALUATION OF CHANGE OF RELEVANT TOPICS ACCORDING TO SELECTED COUNTRIES IN AVIAN INFLUENZA QUESTIONS WİTH GOOGLE TRENDS
Abstract
In this study, social and inter-communal differences of epidemic perception were investigated using the google trends data. For this purpose, the avian influenza epidemic was chosen and key terms of "Avian Influenza, Kuş Gribi, and Bird Flu" related topics were evaluated. Some countries like Turkey, United Kingdom, China, and Vietnamese google trends data in the period of 01.01.2004-11.10-2019 were searched. In the study where country data were evaluated, general search tendencies of people from different countries were evaluated by using internet data considering frequency distribution. The results of the evaluation of the relevant topics of the search terms of the four country data, the disease's high-frequency topics were detected at a rate of 26.25% (21/80), while 18.75% of the low-frequency topics (15/80) were determined. This suggests that the level of perception among these countries varies significantly. In the study, it was found that it is important to support the high frequency topics with links in order to reach the right information by the public and it is important that the prominent advertisements containing the information about the disease appear on the pages related to these topics.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Library and Information Studies
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Berrin Şentürk
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0000-0002-0455-9341
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 31, 2020
Submission Date
January 20, 2020
Acceptance Date
July 8, 2020
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 4 Number: 2
