Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis

<p dir="ltr">Loneliness, a widespread global public health concern, has far-reaching implications for mental and physical well-being, as well as economic productivity. It also increases the risk of life-threatening conditions. This study conducts a comparative analysis of loneliness...

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Main Author: Hurmat Ali Shah (18192889) (author)
Other Authors: Mowafa Househ (9154124) (author)
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Public health
Information and computing sciences
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Psychology
Social and personality psychology
Loneliness
Sentiment analysis
Mental health
Twitter
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description <p dir="ltr">Loneliness, a widespread global public health concern, has far-reaching implications for mental and physical well-being, as well as economic productivity. It also increases the risk of life-threatening conditions. This study conducts a comparative analysis of loneliness in the USA and India using Twitter data, aiming to contribute to a global public health map on loneliness. Collecting 4.1 million tweets globally in October 2022 containing keywords like “lonely”, “loneliness”, and “alone”, the analysis focuses on sentiment and psychosocial linguistic features. Utilizing the Valence Aware Dictionary for Sentiment Reasoning (VADER) for sentiment analysis, the study explores variations in loneliness dynamics across cities, revealing geographical distinctions in correlated topics. The tweets with negative sentiment were further analyzed for psychosocial linguistic features to find a meaningful correlation between loneliness and socioeconomic and emotional themes and factors. Results give detailed top correlated topics with loneliness for each city. The results showed that the dynamics of loneliness through the topics correlated vary across geographical locations. Social media data can be used to capture the dynamics of loneliness which can vary from one place to another depending on the socioeconomic and cultural norms and sociopolitical policies. Social media data to understand loneliness can also provide useful information and insight for public health and policymaking.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: BMC Public Health<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17630-3" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17630-3</a></p>
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spelling Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysisHurmat Ali Shah (18192889)Mowafa Househ (9154124)Health sciencesPublic healthInformation and computing sciencesHuman-centred computingPsychologySocial and personality psychologyLonelinessSentiment analysisMental healthTwitter<p dir="ltr">Loneliness, a widespread global public health concern, has far-reaching implications for mental and physical well-being, as well as economic productivity. It also increases the risk of life-threatening conditions. This study conducts a comparative analysis of loneliness in the USA and India using Twitter data, aiming to contribute to a global public health map on loneliness. Collecting 4.1 million tweets globally in October 2022 containing keywords like “lonely”, “loneliness”, and “alone”, the analysis focuses on sentiment and psychosocial linguistic features. Utilizing the Valence Aware Dictionary for Sentiment Reasoning (VADER) for sentiment analysis, the study explores variations in loneliness dynamics across cities, revealing geographical distinctions in correlated topics. The tweets with negative sentiment were further analyzed for psychosocial linguistic features to find a meaningful correlation between loneliness and socioeconomic and emotional themes and factors. Results give detailed top correlated topics with loneliness for each city. The results showed that the dynamics of loneliness through the topics correlated vary across geographical locations. Social media data can be used to capture the dynamics of loneliness which can vary from one place to another depending on the socioeconomic and cultural norms and sociopolitical policies. Social media data to understand loneliness can also provide useful information and insight for public health and policymaking.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: BMC Public Health<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17630-3" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17630-3</a></p>2024-01-22T09:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1186/s12889-023-17630-3https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Mapping_loneliness_through_comparative_analysis_of_USA_and_India_using_social_intelligence_analysis/26316943CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/263169432024-01-22T09:00:00Z
spellingShingle Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis
Hurmat Ali Shah (18192889)
Health sciences
Public health
Information and computing sciences
Human-centred computing
Psychology
Social and personality psychology
Loneliness
Sentiment analysis
Mental health
Twitter
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title Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis
title_full Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis
title_fullStr Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis
title_full_unstemmed Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis
title_short Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis
title_sort Mapping loneliness through comparative analysis of USA and India using social intelligence analysis
topic Health sciences
Public health
Information and computing sciences
Human-centred computing
Psychology
Social and personality psychology
Loneliness
Sentiment analysis
Mental health
Twitter