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The Impact of COVID-19 on Twitter Ego Networks: Structure, Sentiment, and Topics
Kamer Cekini, Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini, Andrea Passarella, Marco Conti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03788

The Impact of COVID-19 on Twitter Ego Networks: Structure, Sentiment, and Topics
Lockdown measures, implemented by governments during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce physical contact and limit viral spread, imposed significant restrictions on in-person social interactions. Consequently, individuals turned to online social platforms to maintain connections. Ego networks, which model the organization of personal relationships according to human cognitive constraints on managing meaningful interactions, provide a framework for analyzing such dynamics. The…