How online search terms can help us track a pandemic and its effects

Atashbar, Tohid (2020) How online search terms can help us track a pandemic and its effects [['eprint_typename_blog_post' not defined]]

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During rapidly unfolding disasters, people turn to the internet to express their frustrations and fears. This enables policymakers to draw on a rich source of data, writes Tohid Atashbar (Majlis Research Center of Iran). Two indicators in particular could prove useful in tracking the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects: searches concerning taste and smell, and fluctuations in searches for information about unemployment benefits.

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Keywords	coronavirus,Covid-19
Departments	?? SCPP ?? School of Public Policy
Date Deposited	26 May 2020 12:36
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104567

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