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Retweeting for COVID-19: Consensus building, information sharing, dissent, and lockdown life

@article{Thelwall2020RetweetingFC,
  title={Retweeting for COVID-19: Consensus building, information sharing, dissent, and lockdown life},
  author={Mike A Thelwall and Saheeda Thelwall},
  journal={ArXiv},
  year={2020},
  volume={abs/2004.02793}
}
Purpose: Public attitudes towards COVID-19 and social distancing are critical in reducing its spread. It is therefore important to understand public reactions, information dissemination and consensus building in all major forms, including social media. This article investigates important issues reflected on Twitter. Design/methodology/approach: A thematic analysis of the most retweeted English-language tweets on Twitter mentioning COVID-19 during March 10-29, 2020. Findings: The main themes… 
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