Dr. Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez’s sentiment analysis on Twitter: The case of covid-19 in Mexico

Abstract

In recent years, Twitter has become the ideal social network for audience analysis and the study of public opinions about events and people. The ob­jective of this research is to analyze how the Twittersphere interacted with Dr. Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary of Health Prevention and Promotion of Mexico, and what feelings prevailed during the quarantine caused by the covid-19 health crisis from February 28 to June 7, 2020. After recovering 50,076 tweets with @HLGatell’s tag, a sentiment analysis was carried out, which showed that the figure of the Undersecretary deteriora­ted over the months.  

Fecha de recepción: 13/04/2023
Fecha de aceptación: 05/08/2023