Social media as social networking sites, blogs/microblogs, forums, question answering services, and online communities

Assignment Instructions:

The rapid emergence of social media as social networking sites, blogs/microblogs, forums, question answering services, and online communities provide a wealth of information about public opinion on various aspects of healthcare that could be exploited by analytics to reveal trends. A huge amount of data posted on social media can be used to divulge information that can be leveraged to make useful inferences about population health and public opinion.

Write a research paper that evaluates the role of analytics in assessing the role of social media in monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, opinions of the public about precautionary measures (masks, social distancing), and vaccination attitudes against COVID-19. Include a discussion on analytics tools used to process the data and how statistically significant the conclusions made are. Why? Were they used for any policy decisions during the pandemic?

Research Paper Length and APA Requirements: No more than 5 pages (excluding title page and reference page). Formatted in APA 7th Edition. Provide credible evidence through the use of in-text citations from your references to support your conclusions/information.