Sentiment Analysis of Comments of American Birders during Two Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveal More Negative Sentiments in the Context of Birding
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Randler, C.; Kalb, N.; Tryjanowski, P. Sentiment Analysis of Comments of American Birders during Two Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveal More Negative Sentiments in the Context of Birding. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 13142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413142
Randler C, Kalb N, Tryjanowski P. Sentiment Analysis of Comments of American Birders during Two Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveal More Negative Sentiments in the Context of Birding. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(24):13142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413142
Chicago/Turabian StyleRandler, Christoph, Nadine Kalb, and Piotr Tryjanowski. 2021. "Sentiment Analysis of Comments of American Birders during Two Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveal More Negative Sentiments in the Context of Birding" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 24: 13142. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413142