Too Far to Care? Measuring Public Attention and Fear for Ebola Using Twitter.
Liza G G van LentHande SungurFlorian A KunnemanBob van de VeldeEnny DasPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2017)
Spatial and social distance are important predictors of public attention to worldwide crisis such as epidemics. These factors need to be taken into account when communicating about human tragedies.