Toxicity and verbal aggression on social media: Polarized discourse on wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Medical and public health professionals recommend wearing face masks to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). While the majority of people in the United States support wearing face masks as an effective tool to combat COVID-19, a smaller percentage declared the recommendat...

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Main Authors: Paola Pascual-Ferrá, Neil Alperstein, Daniel J Barnett, Rajiv N Rimal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-06-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517211023533