Analysis And Research on The Influence of The Social Network on Public Opinion and The Transmission Path of The Epidemic

Abstract

Social networks, a connection of social interactions and personal relationships by nodes, are becoming a vital part of the 21st century. Nearly all human beings have sorts of connections with social network, including but not limiting to personal relationships, electronic gadgets, as well as social media. However, human beings never thought about how important this social network has been to us. As an unprecedented COVID-19 wave hit the world in 2020, the roles of social networks never fail to elicit topics and highlights. Some claim that the social network creates negative impacts such as agony and rumors while others claim that it benefits our lives more than we actually thought. In this paper, my group and I investigate the relationship of social network and how it helps us to understand the COVID-19. To this end, we’ve gathered data and graphs showing the effect of COVID-19 and how social network mitigates the problem. Our findings indicate that social network brings both positive and negative impacts to our understanding of COVID-19. On the other hand, it helps us to understand the problem more, as well as the alleviation of such hazards. What’s more, for different groups, classifying as different age groups as well as different job groups, social network has a variety of impacts on them either.