Online searching trend on Covid-19 using Google trend: infodemiological study in Malaysia.

International journal of information technology : an official journal of Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-29 DOI:10.1007/s41870-021-00825-5

Tengku Adil Tengku Izhar, Torab Torabi

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Since January 2020, the emergence of Covid-19 has sparked a worldwide search for information about Covid-19. People frequently use the internet to search the information on the virus. However, the pandemic have triggered the information-seeking trends among public. As a result, large amount of information could lead to infodemic. It will create public concerned such as panic and paranoid because this information spread rapidly. The aim of this study is to analyze information about Covid-19 that has been searched in Malaysia. We investigated online search behavior related to the Covid-19 outbreak among public by using Google Trends to understand public searching behavior on Covid-19. The findings from this study can be used as a tool to monitor public searching activities on Covid-19, which could predict future action regarding the outbreak.

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使用谷歌趋势在线搜索Covid-19趋势:马来西亚的信息流行病学研究。

自2020年1月以来，Covid-19的出现引发了全球对Covid-19信息的搜索。人们经常使用互联网搜索有关该病毒的信息。然而，大流行引发了公众寻求信息的趋势。因此，大量的信息可能导致信息流行。由于信息传播迅速，会引起公众的恐慌和偏执等担忧。本研究的目的是分析在马来西亚搜索到的有关Covid-19的信息。我们通过使用谷歌趋势调查公众与Covid-19爆发相关的在线搜索行为，以了解公众对Covid-19的搜索行为。这项研究的结果可以用作监测Covid-19公共搜索活动的工具，从而可以预测未来针对疫情的行动。

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