With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has rapidly become a crucial
communication tool for information generation, dissemination, and consumption. In this …

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide pandemic in 2020. In response, most …

Metaphors have been widely used in communication about the Covid-19 pandemic. The
virus has been described, for example, as an “enemy” to be “beaten,” a “tsunami” on health …

The COVID-19 pandemic influenced people's everyday lives because of the health
emergency and the resulting socio-economic crisis. People use social media to share …

In recent times, many alarm bells have begun to sound: the metaphorical presentation of the
COVID-19 emergency as a war might be dangerous, because it could affect the way people …

Recently, research on short text topic models has addressed the challenges of social media
datasets. These models are typically evaluated using automated measures. However, recent …

From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, health agencies, public
institutions and the media around the world have made use of metaphors to talk about the …

The words we use to talk about the current epidemiological crisis on social media can inform
us on how we are conceptualizing the pandemic and how we are reacting to its …

The pandemic COVID 19 has altered individuals' daily lives across the globe. It has led to
preventive measures such as physical distancing to be imposed on individuals and led to …

The research contributions of metaphor as part of (critical) discourse studies have flourished
during COVID-19; hence, it is necessary to consider their progress and foresee their future …