Publications (Google Scholar Profile)
Assessment of public awareness, risk perception and mental health burden during the first 3 months of the COVID-19 epidemic in China: a social media surveillance
Zhiyuan Hou, Xinyu Zhou, Hao Jiang, Fanxing Du, Heidi Larson, Leesa Lin. in press.
Cross-country comparison of public awareness, rumours, and behavioural responses to the COVID-19 epidemic: An internet surveillance study
Zhiyuan Hou, Fanxing Du, Xinyu Zhou, Hao Jiang, Sam Martin, Heidi Larson, Leesa Lin. in press.
Working Papers
Risk communication before the COVID-19 outbreak: an analysis of media reports
Supervisors: Prof. Zhiyuan Hou (Fudan University), Prof. Leesa Lin (LSHTM), and Prof. Heidi Larson(LSHTM)
Assessment of psychological impact of city closure and distant work in China during COVID-19 pandemic: social media surveillance on Sina Weibo
Supervisors: Prof. Zhiyuan Hou (Fudan University), Prof. Leesa Lin (LSHTM), and Prof. Heidi Larson(LSHTM)
Vaccine hesitancy phenomenon during and after the Changsheng vaccine crisis: evidence from social network mining in Sina Weibo
Supervisor: Prof. Zhiyuan Hou (Fudan University)
Time series analysis of Tweeting and behavioural response: a case study of Twitter hashtags surrounding the mass shooting and mental health emergency visit
Supervisor: Prof. Tim Bruckner (UC Irvine)