The search for information about covid-19 on the web: a cybermetric perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v16i1.2381Keywords:
Cybermetrics, Information search, Information society, Covid-19, Google Trends.Abstract
Objective: It aims to show the influence of the covid-19 pandemic on the searches on Google, using the data survey in a cybermetric application. Method: It is a cybermetric study that uses the Google Trends tool by searching for ‘covid-19’, ‘cononavírus’, ‘cloroquina’ and ‘vacina contra a covid-19’ between December 31st, 2019, and January 17th, 2021. Results: It acknowledges that the first searches for the term ‘covid-19’ were made on the same day of the announcement of the first confirmed case. There was also a rise in the number of searches for information on symptoms of pneumonia related to the first death caused by coronavirus. The intensification in the searches related to ‘covid vaccine allergy’ was associated to the start of the vaccination in the world. Conclusion: In pandemic times, the society intensely searches for information related to their context and the searches can be motivated by the media.
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