TY - JOUR
T1 - Twitter-based crowdsourcing
T2 - What kind of measures can help to end the COVID-19 pandemic faster?
AU - Mondal, Himel
AU - Parvanov, Emil D.
AU - Singla, Rajeev K.
AU - Rayan, Rehab A.
AU - Nawaz, Faisal A.
AU - Ritschl, Valentin
AU - Eibensteiner, Fabian
AU - Siva Sai, Chandragiri
AU - Cenanovic, Merisa
AU - Devkota, Hari Prasad
AU - Hribersek, Mojca
AU - De, Ronita
AU - Klager, Elisabeth
AU - Kletecka-Pulker, Maria
AU - Völkl-Kernstock, Sabine
AU - Khalid, Garba M.
AU - Lordan, Ronan
AU - Găman, Mihnea Alexandru
AU - Shen, Bairong
AU - Stamm, Tanja
AU - Willschke, Harald
AU - Atanasov, Atanas G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Mondal, Parvanov, Singla, Rayan, Nawaz, Ritschl, Eibensteiner, Siva Sai, Cenanovic, Devkota, Hribersek, De, Klager, Kletecka-Pulker, Völkl-Kernstock, Khalid, Lordan, Găman, Shen, Stamm, Willschke and Atanasov.
PY - 2022/9/16
Y1 - 2022/9/16
N2 - Background: Crowdsourcing is a low-cost, adaptable, and innovative method to collect ideas from numerous contributors with diverse backgrounds. Crowdsourcing from social media like Twitter can be used for generating ideas in a noticeably brief time based on contributions from globally distributed users. The world has been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic in the last several years. Measures to combat the pandemic continue to evolve worldwide, and ideas and opinions on optimal counteraction strategies are of high interest. Objective: This study aimed to validate the use of Twitter as a crowdsourcing platform in order to gain an understanding of public opinion on what measures can help to end the COVID-19 pandemic faster. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during the period from December 22, 2021, to February 4, 2022. Tweets were posted by accounts operated by the authors, asking “How to faster end the COVID-19 pandemic?” and encouraging the viewers to comment on measures that they perceive would be effective to achieve this goal. The ideas from the users' comments were collected and categorized into two major themes – personal and institutional measures. In the final stage of the campaign, a Twitter poll was conducted to get additional comments and to estimate which of the two groups of measures were perceived to be important amongst Twitter users. Results: The crowdsourcing campaign generated seventeen suggested measures categorized into two major themes (personal and institutional) that received a total of 1,727 endorsements (supporting comments, retweets, and likes). The poll received a total of 325 votes with 58% of votes underscoring the importance of both personal and institutional measures, 20% favoring personal measures, 11% favoring institutional measures, and 11% of the votes given just out of curiosity to see the vote results. Conclusions: Twitter was utilized successfully for crowdsourcing ideas on strategies how to end the COVID-19 pandemic faster. The results indicate that the Twitter community highly values the significance of both personal responsibility and institutional measures to counteract the pandemic. This study validates the use of Twitter as a primary tool that could be used for crowdsourcing ideas with healthcare significance.
AB - Background: Crowdsourcing is a low-cost, adaptable, and innovative method to collect ideas from numerous contributors with diverse backgrounds. Crowdsourcing from social media like Twitter can be used for generating ideas in a noticeably brief time based on contributions from globally distributed users. The world has been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic in the last several years. Measures to combat the pandemic continue to evolve worldwide, and ideas and opinions on optimal counteraction strategies are of high interest. Objective: This study aimed to validate the use of Twitter as a crowdsourcing platform in order to gain an understanding of public opinion on what measures can help to end the COVID-19 pandemic faster. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during the period from December 22, 2021, to February 4, 2022. Tweets were posted by accounts operated by the authors, asking “How to faster end the COVID-19 pandemic?” and encouraging the viewers to comment on measures that they perceive would be effective to achieve this goal. The ideas from the users' comments were collected and categorized into two major themes – personal and institutional measures. In the final stage of the campaign, a Twitter poll was conducted to get additional comments and to estimate which of the two groups of measures were perceived to be important amongst Twitter users. Results: The crowdsourcing campaign generated seventeen suggested measures categorized into two major themes (personal and institutional) that received a total of 1,727 endorsements (supporting comments, retweets, and likes). The poll received a total of 325 votes with 58% of votes underscoring the importance of both personal and institutional measures, 20% favoring personal measures, 11% favoring institutional measures, and 11% of the votes given just out of curiosity to see the vote results. Conclusions: Twitter was utilized successfully for crowdsourcing ideas on strategies how to end the COVID-19 pandemic faster. The results indicate that the Twitter community highly values the significance of both personal responsibility and institutional measures to counteract the pandemic. This study validates the use of Twitter as a primary tool that could be used for crowdsourcing ideas with healthcare significance.
KW - COVID-19
KW - crowdsourcing
KW - pandemic
KW - public opinion
KW - social media
KW - Twitter
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85139180862
U2 - 10.3389/fmed.2022.961360
DO - 10.3389/fmed.2022.961360
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139180862
SN - 2296-858X
VL - 9
JO - Frontiers in Medicine
JF - Frontiers in Medicine
M1 - 961360
ER -