“Help Us!”: a content analysis of COVID-19 help-seeking posts on Weibo during the first lockdown

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 710 - 8
• Main Authors: Guo, Yu, Hou, Yongkang, Xiang, Hongzhe, Chen, Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.04.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Communicable Disease Control; Content analysis; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Digital media; Disease control; Emergencies; Emotions; Epidemics; Health aspects; Health behavior; Help seeking behavior; Humans; Lockdown; Narratives; Online help-seeking; Pandemics; Public engagement; Public health; SARS-CoV-2; Social aspects; Social Media; Social networks; Social support; Typology; Viruses; China; COVID-19; Lockdown; Online help-seeking; Public engagement; Social media

Social media is playing an increasingly important role in public emergencies for help-seekers, especially during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Wuhan, China, firstly official reported COVID-19 cases and implemented lockdown measures to prevent the spread of the virus. People during the first lockdown...