How internet users in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and Sevastopol Reacted to the Covid-19 Pandemic (Based on Material from a Media-Analysis Study)
Journal: VESTNIK INSTITUTA SOTZIOLOGII
Year: 2020

This article presents the results of the authors’ media-analysis study of social media in central federal cities – Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Sevastopol – on search queries such as “coronavirus”, “covid 19”, “sitting at home” and “stay at home” which came up during the first three weeks of self-isolation – from March 23rd to April 12th 2020. This allowed for analyzing trends in social media threads that emerged due to the lockdown and the epidemiological crisis, and for understanding the speci