Understanding Health Communication Through Google Trends and News Coverage for COVID-19: Multinational Study in Eight Countries

• Main Authors: Wai-kit Ming (Author), Fengqiu Huang (Author), Qiuyi Chen (Author), Beiting Liang (Author), Aoao Jiao (Author), Taoran Liu (Author), Huailiang Wu (Author), Babatunde Akinwunmi (Author), Jia Li (Author), Guan Liu (Author), Casper J P Zhang (Author), Jian Huang (Author), Qian Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, health information related to COVID-19 has spread across news media worldwide. Google is among the most used internet search engines, and the Google Trends tool can reflect how the public seeks COVID-19-related health information during the pandemic. Objective...