Table 1 Total number and percentage of tweets that express negative emotions
Disaster time period | Tweet count (percentage) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (N) | Negative emotion (combined index) | Anger | Disgust | Fear | Sad | |
Before disaster (1 November to 20 November 2015) | 2050 | 349 (17.02%) | 174 (8.49%) | 75 (3.66%) | 46 (2.24%) | 196 (9.56%) |
During disaster (21 November to 10 December 2015) | 1864 | 549 (29.45%) | 224 (12.04%) | 174 (9.33%) | 326 (17.49%) | 311 (16.68%) |
After disaster (11 December to 30 December 2015) | 1782 | 203 (11.39%) | 62 (11.39%) | 71 (3.98%) | 39 (2.19%) | 135 (7.58%) |