Sadness, Negativity, and Uncertainty in Education During COVID-19 on Social Media

IF 0.3 Q4 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.4018/ijopcd.2022010103

Luciana Oliveira, Paulino Silva, A. Mesquita, A. Sequeira, Adriana Oliveira

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Abstract

The global COVID-19 pandemic increased social media usage to obtain information and to share concerns, feelings, and emotions, turning it into a prolific field of research through which it is possible to understand how audiences are coping with the multitude of recent challenges. This paper presents results from a social media analysis of 61532 education-related news headlines posted by the major daily news provider in Portugal, Sic Notícias, on Facebook, from January to December 2020. We focus on how the news impacted on audiences’ emotional response and discourse, and we analyze the key issues of the most commented news content. The results show a prevailing sadness among audiences and a very negative discourse all throughout 2020, with a high degree uncertainty being expressed. The main concerns revolved around parents supporting children in their first remote learning endeavors, financial sustainability, the lack of devices, the disinfection of schools, and the students’ mobility, particularly in the non-higher education context.

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社交媒体上COVID-19期间教育中的悲伤、消极和不确定性

全球COVID-19大流行增加了社交媒体的使用，以获取信息并分享担忧、感受和情绪，使其成为一个多产的研究领域，通过它可以了解受众如何应对最近的众多挑战。本文展示了对2020年1月至12月葡萄牙主要每日新闻提供商Sic Notícias在Facebook上发布的61532条与教育相关的新闻标题的社交媒体分析结果。我们关注新闻如何影响受众的情感反应和话语，并分析评论最多的新闻内容的关键问题。结果显示，在整个2020年，观众普遍感到悲伤，话语非常消极，表达了高度的不确定性。主要关注的是家长对孩子第一次远程学习的支持、财务可持续性、设备缺乏、学校消毒以及学生的流动性，特别是在非高等教育背景下。

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International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The mission of the International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD) is to provide a platform for the latest research, analysis, and development of online education, effective online teaching methods, and course design. IJOPCD covers the pedagogical design aspects of science education and computing education, as well as courses supported by educational technologies. Targeting academic researchers and educators who work in the field, this journal focuses on the importance of developments in online course design and teaching methods to improve teachers’ teaching and students’ learning. Researchers are encouraged to submit cross-disciplinary, high-quality syntheses that are interesting, beneficial, and apprehensible to all those interested in or teaching science and related disciplines. Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: -Adoption of e-learning -Best practices in computing education -Best practices in science education -Blended learning -Computer-mediated communication -E-learning -Emerging technologies -Evaluation of learning technology systems -Evaluation of online learning effects -Learning management systems -Multimedia and interactive learning systems -Online course design -Online learners’ behavior -Pedagogy and teaching with technology -Virtual reality environments -Web-based teaching methods